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Thermoacoustic and photoacoustic characterizations of few-layer graphene by pulsed excitations

We characterized the thermoacoustic and photoacoustic properties of large-area, few-layer graphene by pulsed microwave and optical excitations. Due to its high electric conductivity and low heat capacity per unit area, graphene lends itself to excellent microwave and optical energy absorption and acoustic signal emanation due to the thermoacoustic effect. When exposed to pulsed microwave or optical radiation, distinct thermoacoustic and photoacoustic signals generated by the few-layer graphene are obtained due to microwave and laser absorption of the graphene, respectively. Clear thermoacoustic and photoacoustic images of large-area graphene sample are achieved. A numerical model is developed and the simulated results are in good accordance with the measured ones. This characterization work may find applications in ultrasound generator and detectors for microwave and optical radiation. It may also become an alternative characterization approach for graphene and other types of two-dimensional materials. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/615111
Date04 April 2016
CreatorsWang, Xiong, Witte, Russell S., Xin, Hao
ContributorsUniv Arizona, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Univ Arizona, Dept Med Imaging
PublisherAMER INST PHYSICS
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2016 AIP Publishing LLC
Relationhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/108/14/10.1063/1.4945661

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