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We have developed a transient thermoreflectance technique using picosecond pulsed and cw laser to study thermal conductivity and interface conductance in both thin-films and bulk materials. A real time-resolved system observes a thermal…
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Thermal motion gives rise to fluctuations in free surfaces; the propagation of the thermally excited waves on such surfaces depends on the mechanical properties of the medium. Their measurement can therefore provide information on those…
The thermophysical properties of supported and free-standing nanomaterials would be different due to the substrate effect. To determine the thermophysical properties of supported 2D nanomaterials, this paper developed a two-step…
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This paper presents an innovative approach to computational acoustic imaging of biperiodic surfaces, exploiting the capabilities of an acoustic superlens to overcome the diffraction limit. We address the challenge of imaging physical…
Non-destructive testing is an important technique for detecting defects in multi-layer materials, enabling the evaluation of structural integrity without causing damage on test materials. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) offers…
It is challenging to characterize thermal conductivity of materials with strong anisotropy. In this work, we extend the time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) method with a variable spot size approach to simultaneously measure the in-plane…
To date, there are very few experimental techniques, if any, that are suitable for the purpose of acquiring, with nanoscale lateral resolution, quantitative maps of the thermal expansivity of 2D materials and thin films, despite huge demand…
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High-quality novel view synthesis for large-scale scenes presents a challenging dilemma in 3D computer vision. Existing methods typically partition large scenes into multiple regions, reconstruct a 3D representation using Gaussian splatting…