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Acoustic Characterization of Porous Silicon

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Experimental techniques used to characterize the elastic properties and to probe acoustic wave behavior in porous silicon are identified and the primary results obtained by application of these approaches are summarized. Particular emphasis is placed on Brillouin light scattering and acoustic transmission spectroscopy that, collectively, have been used for elastic moduli determination and for studying the effects of chemical modification on elastic wave velocities, phonon-to-fracton crossover, acoustic phonon attenuation, and elastic wave propagation in multilayered porous silicon films.

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  1. Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, A1B 3X7, St. John’s, NL, Canada

    G. Todd Andrews

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

    Leigh Canham

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Andrews, G.T. (2018). Acoustic Characterization of Porous Silicon. In: Canham, L. (eds) Handbook of Porous Silicon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71381-6_105

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