Mechanical Engineering ETDs
Publication Date
2-1-2016
Abstract
Phononic Crystals (PnCs) are novel materials comprised of a periodic structure of inclusions in a matrix. This periodic arrangement creates phononic bandgaps, and modifies phononic bandstructures of a material. Such a property offers promising applications at the micro and nano scales to engineer acoustic filters, high Q-factor resonators, and thermoelectric properties of materials. Studying PnCs at the micro/nano scale requires specific characterization techniques, which rely on Micro Electro Mechanical Structures (MEMS). This work focuses on the study, and characterization of PnCs using MEMS in view of their prospective applications in thermoelectric materials, microresonators and acoustic filters, and also the prospective applications of PnCs in MEMS.
Keywords
Phononic Crystals, MEMS, Thermal Conductivity, Phonons, Microresonators, Microscale, Nanosclae, Characterization
Degree Name
Mechanical Engineering
Level of Degree
Doctoral
Department Name
Mechanical Engineering
First Committee Member (Chair)
Shen, Yu-Lin
Second Committee Member
Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor
Third Committee Member
Zarkesh-Ha, Payman
Sponsors
Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. National Science Foundation.
Document Type
Dissertation
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Alaie, Seyedhamidreza. "THEORY, FABRICATION, AND EXPERIMENTATION OF PHONONIC CRYSTALS IN MEMS AT MICRO/NANO SCALE: ENGINEERING OF THERMAL AND RF PHONONS TO APPLICATIONS IN THERMOELECTRICS AND MICRORESONATORS." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/me_etds/24
