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Imaging Microstructure on Optically Rough Surfaces Using Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy (2023)
Journal Article

The microstructure of a material defines many of its mechanical properties. Tracking the microstructure of parts during their manufacturing is needed to ensure the designed performance can be obtained, especially for additively manufactured parts. Me... Read More about Imaging Microstructure on Optically Rough Surfaces Using Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy.

Measurement of the single crystal elasticity matrix of polycrystalline materials (2021)
Journal Article

Many engineering metals are polycrystalline, as such the elasticity, crystalline orientation and grain distribution are cardinal factors in determining the physical properties of the material. The grain distribution can be measured using a number of... Read More about Measurement of the single crystal elasticity matrix of polycrystalline materials.

Single pixel camera methodologies for spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (2021)
Journal Article

Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) is a laser ultrasound technique used to determine the crystallographic orientation (i.e. microstructure) of materials through the generation and measurement of surface acoustic wave velocity on a sample... Read More about Single pixel camera methodologies for spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy.

Determining the crystallographic orientation of hexagonal crystal structure materials with surface acoustic wave velocity measurements (2020)
Journal Article
Lain'e, S. J., Dryburgh, P., Smith, R. J., Marrow, P., Lainé, S. J., Sharples, S. D., …Li, W. (2020). Determining the crystallographic orientation of hexagonal crystal structure materials with surface acoustic wave velocity measurements. Ultrasonics, 108, Article 106171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106171

© 2020 Throughout our engineered environment, many materials exhibit a crystalline lattice structure. The orientation of such lattices is crucial in determining functional properties of these structures, including elasticity and magnetism. Hence, too... Read More about Determining the crystallographic orientation of hexagonal crystal structure materials with surface acoustic wave velocity measurements.

Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) microstructural imaging (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clark, M., Clare, A., Dryburgh, P., Li, W., Patel, R., Pieris, D., …Smith, R. (2019). Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) microstructural imaging. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2102, Article 020001. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5099705

© 2019 Author(s). Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) is an acoustic microscopy technique that can image the microstructure and measure the crystallographic orientation of grains or crystals in the material. It works by measuring the velo... Read More about Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) microstructural imaging.

Orientation imaging of macro-sized polysilicon grains on wafers using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (2017)
Journal Article
Patel, R., Li, W., Smith, R. J., Sharples, S. D., & Clark, M. (2017). Orientation imaging of macro-sized polysilicon grains on wafers using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy. Scripta Materialia, 140, 67-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.07.003

Due to its economical production process polysilicon, or multicrystalline silicon, is widely used to produce solar cell wafers. However, the conversion efficiencies are often lower than equivalent monocrystalline or thin film cells, with the structur... Read More about Orientation imaging of macro-sized polysilicon grains on wafers using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy.

Comparison of grain to grain orientation and stiffness mapping by spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy and EBSD (2017)
Journal Article
Mark, A., Li, W., Sharples, S., & Withers, P. (in press). Comparison of grain to grain orientation and stiffness mapping by spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy and EBSD. Journal of Microscopy, https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12550

Our aim was to establish the capability of spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) to map grain orientations and the anisotropy in stiffness at the sub-mm to micron scale by comparing the method with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) un... Read More about Comparison of grain to grain orientation and stiffness mapping by spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy and EBSD.

Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy for rapid imaging of material microstructure and grain orientation (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, R. J., Li, W., Coulson, J., Clark, M., Somekh, M. G., & Sharples, S. D. (2014). Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy for rapid imaging of material microstructure and grain orientation. Measurement Science and Technology, 25(5), Article 055902. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/25/5/055902

Measuring the grain structure of aerospace materials is very important to understand their mechanical properties and in-service performance. Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy is an acoustic technique utilizing surface acoustic waves to map the... Read More about Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy for rapid imaging of material microstructure and grain orientation.

Determination of crystallographic orientation of large grain metals with surface acoustic waves (2012)
Journal Article
Li, W., Sharples, S. D., Smith, R. J., Clark, M., & Somekh, M. G. (2012). Determination of crystallographic orientation of large grain metals with surface acoustic waves. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(2), 738-745. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4731226

A previously described laser ultrasonic technique known as spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) can be used to image surface microstructure, using the local surface acoustic wave (SAW) velocity as a contrast mechanism. It is shown here tha... Read More about Determination of crystallographic orientation of large grain metals with surface acoustic waves.