Nanocomposite cerium oxide polymer matching layers with adjustable acoustic impedance between 4 MRayl and 7 MRayl

Ultrasonics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-366

  Tiefensee, Frank ^a   Becker Willinger, Carsten ^b   Heppe, Gisela ^b   Herbeck Engel, Petra ^b   Jakob, Anette ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance high frequency; Matching layer; Nanotechnology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CERIUM OXIDES; FILLING DEGREE; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH FREQUENCY; HYDROLYTIC CONDENSATION; MATCHING LAYER; MATRIX; NANO SCALE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID POLYMER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; VOLTAGE SIGNALS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AGGLOMERATION; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYDROLYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

CERIC OXIDE; CERIUM; NANOMATERIAL;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMPEDANCE; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACOUSTICS; CERIUM; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 74849087125     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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