Os metamateriais acústicos/elásticos são materiais que apresentam características elásticas diferentes dos materiais comuns encontrados na natureza, sendo o índice de refração negativo a principal característica destes novos materiais. A literatura reporta que esta propriedade é atingida para uma faixa muito estreita de frequências, sendo um efeito muito localizado, e, adicionalmente, as estruturas propostas são ideais em extremo, o que dificulta sua aplicação prática em dispositivos acústicos. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi projetar metamateriais acústicos e elásticos tridimensionais com índice de refração negativo numa faixa de frequência mais longa em relação ao reportado na literatura, e utilizando geometrias e materiais que tornem viável sua implementação prática para a fabricação de dispositivos. Com este propósito foi desenvolvido um formalismo da teoria de meio efetivo (TME), no limite de comprimento de onda longa e baixas frações de preenchimento. Com a TME desenvolvida foi estudado o espalhamento de inclusões esféricas simples, revestidas e duplamente revestidas em diferentes matrizes hospedeiras. Os resultados mostraram a existência de bandas ressonantes nos coeficientes da matriz T relacionadas aos modos monopolares, dipolares e quadrupolares. Materiais compósitos constituídos por esferas simples, revestidas ou duplamente revestidas foram analisados utilizando o formalismo TME. Os resultados mostraram que os valores negativos dos parâmetros elásticos nestes materiais estão completamente relacionados aos efeitos ressonantes das inclusões esféricas. Metamateriais elásticos e acústicos foram projetados sobrepondo dois ou mais compósitos diferentes, cada um com diferentes propriedades, de tal forma que o efeito total no metamaterial apresente as características definidas no projeto inicial. O metamaterial elástico foi projetado utilizando a sobreposição de três compósitos de inclusões esféricas diferentes. Este metamaterial apresentou índice de refração negativa na região de 2 kHz, numa faixa de largura igual a 80 Hz. O metamaterial acústico foi projetado sobrepondo dois compósitos de inclusões esféricas diferentes. Este material apresentou índice de refração negativa na região de 7 kHz, numa faixa de 500 Hz. As geometrias e materiais utilizados no projeto destes metamateriais são acessíveis e de fácil manipulação, o que facilitará sua futura fabricação em laboratório. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho sugerem a possibilidade de fabricar estes metamateriais no laboratório e empregá-los no controle de ondas acústicas, elásticas e sísmicas, assim como também no projeto de um manto de invisibilidade acústica/elástica. / The acoustic/elastic metamaterials are materials that show different elastic features from common materials found in nature and their main characteristics are their negative refractive index. The literature reports that this property is reached for a very narrow range of frequencies, as a very localized phenomenon, and additionally, the proposed structures are extremely ideals, which makes its practical application difficult on acoustic devices. The objective of this work was to design acoustic/elastic three-dimensional Metamaterials with negative refractive index in a wider frequency band than that reported in the literature, and using geometries and materials that make it possible their practical implementation for manufacturing acoustic/elastic devices. With this purpose a formalism of the effective medium theory (EMT) was developed, in the limit of wavelength and low fill fractions. With the developed EMT, the scattering of simple spherical inclusions, coated and doubly coated in different host substrates were studied. The results showed the existence of resonant bands in the coefficients of the T matrix related to monopolar, dipolar and quadrupolar modes. Composite materials consisting of simple, coated or double coated spheres were analyzed using the EMT formalism. The results showed that the negative values of elastic parameters in these materials are completely related to resonant effects of the spheres of inclusion. Elastic and acoustic Metamaterials were designed by overlaying two or more different composites, each with different properties, such that the overall effect on the metamaterial shows the desired features defined in the initial project. The elastic metamaterial was designed by overlapping three different composites of different spherical inclusions. This metamaterial shows negative refractive index in the region of 2 kHz, in a band of width of 80 Hz. The acoustic metamaterial was designed by overlapping two composites of different spherical inclusions. This material shows negative refractive index in the region of 7 kHz, in a band of width of 500 Hz. The geometries and materials used in the design of these Metamaterials are affordable and easy to handle, which will facilitate their future fabrication in the laboratory. The results obtained in this study suggest the possibility to manufacture these metamaterials in the laboratory and use them in the control of acoustic, elastic and seismic waves, as well as in the design of invisible cloak.

Os metamateriais acústicos/elásticos são materiais que apresentam características elásticas diferentes dos materiais comuns encontrados na natureza, sendo o índice de refração negativo a principal característica destes novos materiais. A literatura reporta que esta propriedade é atingida para uma faixa muito estreita de frequências, sendo um efeito muito localizado, e, adicionalmente, as estruturas propostas são ideais em extremo, o que dificulta sua aplicação prática em dispositivos acústicos. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi projetar metamateriais acústicos e elásticos tridimensionais com índice de refração negativo numa faixa de frequência mais longa em relação ao reportado na literatura, e utilizando geometrias e materiais que tornem viável sua implementação prática para a fabricação de dispositivos. Com este propósito foi desenvolvido um formalismo da teoria de meio efetivo (TME), no limite de comprimento de onda longa e baixas frações de preenchimento. Com a TME desenvolvida foi estudado o espalhamento de inclusões esféricas simples, revestidas e duplamente revestidas em diferentes matrizes hospedeiras. Os resultados mostraram a existência de bandas ressonantes nos coeficientes da matriz T relacionadas aos modos monopolares, dipolares e quadrupolares. Materiais compósitos constituídos por esferas simples, revestidas ou duplamente revestidas foram analisados utilizando o formalismo TME. Os resultados mostraram que os valores negativos dos parâmetros elásticos nestes materiais estão completamente relacionados aos efeitos ressonantes das inclusões esféricas. Metamateriais elásticos e acústicos foram projetados sobrepondo dois ou mais compósitos diferentes, cada um com diferentes propriedades, de tal forma que o efeito total no metamaterial apresente as características definidas no projeto inicial. O metamaterial elástico foi projetado utilizando a sobreposição de três compósitos de inclusões esféricas diferentes. Este metamaterial apresentou índice de refração negativa na região de 2 kHz, numa faixa de largura igual a 80 Hz. O metamaterial acústico foi projetado sobrepondo dois compósitos de inclusões esféricas diferentes. Este material apresentou índice de refração negativa na região de 7 kHz, numa faixa de 500 Hz. As geometrias e materiais utilizados no projeto destes metamateriais são acessíveis e de fácil manipulação, o que facilitará sua futura fabricação em laboratório. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho sugerem a possibilidade de fabricar estes metamateriais no laboratório e empregá-los no controle de ondas acústicas, elásticas e sísmicas, assim como também no projeto de um manto de invisibilidade acústica/elástica. / The acoustic/elastic metamaterials are materials that show different elastic features from common materials found in nature and their main characteristics are their negative refractive index. The literature reports that this property is reached for a very narrow range of frequencies, as a very localized phenomenon, and additionally, the proposed structures are extremely ideals, which makes its practical application difficult on acoustic devices. The objective of this work was to design acoustic/elastic three-dimensional Metamaterials with negative refractive index in a wider frequency band than that reported in the literature, and using geometries and materials that make it possible their practical implementation for manufacturing acoustic/elastic devices. With this purpose a formalism of the effective medium theory (EMT) was developed, in the limit of wavelength and low fill fractions. With the developed EMT, the scattering of simple spherical inclusions, coated and doubly coated in different host substrates were studied. The results showed the existence of resonant bands in the coefficients of the T matrix related to monopolar, dipolar and quadrupolar modes. Composite materials consisting of simple, coated or double coated spheres were analyzed using the EMT formalism. The results showed that the negative values of elastic parameters in these materials are completely related to resonant effects of the spheres of inclusion. Elastic and acoustic Metamaterials were designed by overlaying two or more different composites, each with different properties, such that the overall effect on the metamaterial shows the desired features defined in the initial project. The elastic metamaterial was designed by overlapping three different composites of different spherical inclusions. This metamaterial shows negative refractive index in the region of 2 kHz, in a band of width of 80 Hz. The acoustic metamaterial was designed by overlapping two composites of different spherical inclusions. This material shows negative refractive index in the region of 7 kHz, in a band of width of 500 Hz. The geometries and materials used in the design of these Metamaterials are affordable and easy to handle, which will facilitate their future fabrication in the laboratory. The results obtained in this study suggest the possibility to manufacture these metamaterials in the laboratory and use them in the control of acoustic, elastic and seismic waves, as well as in the design of invisible cloak.

V této teoretické práci se zabýváme kvantově mechanickými jevy, jež jsou spjaté s vodi- vostními elektrony uzavřenými v kvantových tečkách. Nejprve je odvozen model nanokrys- talu jakožto potenciálové jámy. Při tom se ukazuje, že pouze objem, ne tvar, je významným parametrem modelu pro účely terahertzové spektroskopie. Studované geometrie jsou tak vzájemně zaměnitelné a výběr mezi nimi m·že zjednodušit dané úlohy. Pro zkoumání depo- larizačních efekt·, které jsou zahrnuty v depolarizačním faktoru v Maxwell Garnettově teorii efektivního prostředí, je zvolena sférická symetrie. V rámci poruchy prvního řádu je vyřešena Poissonova rovnice pro elektrony rozmístěné uvnitř koule podle vlnové funkce a je určen depo- larizační faktor. Zatímco v klasické limitě tento nabývá p·vodní hodnoty, pro nanokrystaly se zvyšuje a maxima je dosaženo v ne-degenerovaném režimu, kdy je obsazen pouze základní stav. Navýšení depolarizačního faktoru posouvá plasmonovou rezonanci směrem k vyšším frekvencím. 1

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順應智慧型手機及隨身智慧裝置的普及，人人天天滑手機、對美食拍照、分享社群網站，成為儀式般的全民運動，亦是時下最夯的社會景象。本研究主要描繪影像食物戀者，透過拍攝美食上傳分享的行為，在社群媒介下演進的樣貌。 本研究將依據Meyrowitz媒介情境論及布迪厄資本理論，並透過文本分析法，直接以研究對象過去的美食分享文作分析內容，再以深度訪談法結果為依據，並與文本分析的社群內容作比對，瞭解影像食物戀者的行為演進現象觀察。最後以民族誌參與觀察法，實際驗證研究對象在餐廳用餐時的行為動作記錄，並與深度訪談結果作深度觀察交叉分析。 研究發現，影像食物戀者拍照分享的行為可分為兩大階段、六個歷程，包括基礎演進階段的記錄、分享、學習；以及進階階段的炫耀分享、美食意見領袖及形成自媒體。透過社群媒介的展演，影像食物戀者藉由美食圖文故事的包裝，持續依據自身品味資本在社群上傳播，達到提升個人獨特性及品味層次的目的。 關鍵詞：影像食物戀、媒介情境論、自媒體、社群傳播 / Nowadays, corresponding to the widespread of smartphones and mobile devices, the most popular scenes are that people keep on sliding and checking their mobile phones, taking pictures of fine food, and sharing them in social media communities, which has become a viral phenomenon. This research is based on the Medium Theory by Joshua Meyrowitz and Social Capital Theory by Pierre Bourdieu, in order to understand the behavior evolution of “food shooting addicts,” persons who love to take fine food pictures and upload them to social media communities. Its methodologies include content analysis, in-depth interview, and ethnographic participation and observation. The study finds that there are two stages and six phases in the behavior evolution of food shooting addicts. Primary stage includes: record, share and learn. Advanced stage includes: show-off, becoming opinion leaders and “we media” of fine food. Through their presentation in social media, packaged by beautiful fine food pictures and related stories, food shooting addicts build up their taste capital and achieve the goal of raising up their uniqueness and taste. Keywords: Food Shooting Addicts, Medium Theory, We Media, Social Media Communication

Ce travail de thèse a pour objectif de développer et de valider expérimentalement un modèle de diffusion adapté au sang agrégeant, prenant en compte une forte fraction volumique de globules rouges (hématocrite de 40%) et des structures d’agrégats polydisperses. Un modèle développé récemment pour l’estimation de la microstructure du sang est la théorie de milieu effectif combinée à un modèle de facteur de structure monodisperse. Pour augmenter le domaine de validité de ce modèle en hautes fréquences, nous proposons une théorie de milieu effectif prenant en compte la composante incohérente de la diffusion par des agrégats de globules rouges. A l’aide de simulation numériques tridimensionnelles, nous montrons que la nouvelle modélisation permet de prédire les coefficients de rétrodiffusion de façon satisfaisante pour un produit $kR<2$ ($k$ étant le nombre d’ondes et $R$ le rayon d’un agrégat). Par ailleurs, nous proposons une théorie de milieu effectif combinée à un facteur de structure polydisperse afin d’estimer, à partir de la mesure expérimentale du coefficient de rétrodiffusion, des paramètres de structure des agrégats : le rayon moyen de la distribution de tailles, son étalement, et la compacité des agrégats. Des expériences réalisées sur du sang de porc cisaillé dans un dispositif de Couette couplé à une sonde ultrasonore montrent que le modèle polydisperse permet d’obtenir de meilleures courbes d’ajustement des coefficients de rétrodiffusion en comparaison des modèles monodisperses classiques. Les tailles d’agrégats estimées par ultrasons sont corrélées de façon satisfaisante (r$^2$ $\approx$ 0.92) avec les tailles estimées par ailleurs dans un dispositif optique. / This thesis aims to develop and evaluate a scattering model for aggregating blood, taking into account the high volume fraction of red blood cells in blood (40%) and the polydispersity in terms of aggregate size. The effective medium theory combined with the monodisperse structure factor model was recently developed to estimate blood microstructure. In order to improve the modeling at high frequency range, we proposed an effective medium theory that takes into account the incoherent component of the scattering by aggregates of RBCs. Three dimensional simulations were performed and showed that the consideration of the incoherent component allows to approximate the simulation satisfactorily for a product of the wavenumber times the aggregates radius $kR$ up to 2. Besides, we proposed an effective medium theory combined with a polydisperse structure factor. From the measured BSC, this model allows to estimate three structural parameters: the mean radius of the aggregate size distribution, the width of the distribution, and the compactness of the aggregates. Experiments were performed on pig blood shared in a Couette device coupled with an ultrasonic probe, and showed that the polydisperse modeling provides better fitting to the experimental BSC data, when compared to the classical monodisperse models. Satisfactory correlation is obtained (r$^2$ $\approx$ 0.92) between the aggregate sizes estimated with ultrasound and the aggregate sizes estimated on the same sample in an optical device.

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Gold black porous coatings were thermally evaporated in the chamber backfilled with inert gas pressure and their optical properties were studied in near-far-IR wavelengths. The porosities of coatings were found to be extremely high around ~ 99%. Different approaches of effective medium theories such as Maxwell-Garnett, Bruggeman, Landau-Lifshitz-Looyenga and Bergman Formalism were utilized to calculate refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k). The aging induced changes on electrical and optical properties were studied in regular laboratory conditions using transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and fore-probe electrical measurements. A significant decrease in electrical resistance in as deposited coating was found to be consistent with changes in the granular structure with aging at room temperature. Electrical relaxation model was applied to calculate structural relaxation time in the coatings prepared with different porosities. Interestingly, with aging, absorptance of the coatings improved, which is explained using conductivity form of Bergman Formulism. Underlying aim of this work was to utilize gold blacks to improve sensitivity in un-cooled IR sensors consist of pixel arrays. To achieve this, fragile gold blacks were patterned on sub-mm length scale areas using both stenciling and conventional photolithography. Infrared spectral imaging with sub-micron spatial resolution revealed the spatial distribution of absorption across the gold black patterns produced with both the methods. Initial experiments on VOx-Au bolometers showed that, gold black improved the responsivity by 42%. This work successfully establishes promising role of gold black coatings in commercial un-cooled infrared detectors.