Recent advances in nanomaterial-enabled acoustic devices for audible sound generation and detection

H Ding, X Shu, Y **, T Fan, H Zhang - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustic devices are widely applied in telephone communication, human–computer voice
interaction systems, medical ultrasound examination, and other applications. However …

Shape‐Configurable MXene‐Based Thermoacoustic Loudspeakers with Tunable Sound Directivity

J Kim, G Jung, S Jung, MH Bae, J Yeom… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Film‐type shape‐configurable speakers with tunable sound directivity are in high demand
for wearable electronics. Flexible, thin thermoacoustic (TA) loudspeakers—which are free …

Tailoring the aqueous synthesis and deposition of copper nanowires for transparent electrodes and heaters

M Bobinger, J Mock, P La Torraca… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the high abundance of copper on the earth and its high intrinsic electrical
conductivity, copper nanowires (CuNWs) represent a promising material for transparent …

Highly transparent, flexible, and self-healable thermoacoustic loudspeakers

D Kang, S Cho, S Sung, YR Kim, H Lee… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermoacoustic (TA) loudspeakers have garnered significant attention in recent times as a
novel film speaker that utilizes temperature oscillation to vibrate the surrounding air …

Multilayer modeling of thermoacoustic sound generation for thermophone analysis and design

P Guiraud, S Giordano, O Bou-Matar, P Pernod… - Journal of Sound and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A general model for thermoacoustic sound generation, based on the classical conservation
laws of mass, momentum and energy, is presented and adopted to analyze different …

Light and pressure sensors based on PVDF with sprayed and transparent electrodes for self-powered wireless sensor nodes

M Bobinger, S Keddis, S Hinterleuthner… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report on the fabrication of light and pressure sensors based on the
piezoand pyromaterial polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). In addition, to the operation as …

Solution-processing of copper nanowires for transparent heaters and thermo-acoustic loudspeakers

M Bobinger, P La Torraca, J Mock… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we present a copper nanowires (CuNWs) based spray deposition process for
the fabrication of transparent heaters and thermo-acoustic loudspeakers. We developed a …

Two temperature model for thermoacoustic sound generation in thick porous thermophones

P Guiraud, S Giordano, O Bou Matar… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Thermoacoustic sound generation offers a promising wideband alternative to mechanically
driven loudspeakers. Over the past decade, the development of nanomaterials with new …

Acoustic Wave Generation in Nanofluids: Effect of the Kapitza Resistance on the Thermophone to Mechanophone Generation Mechanism Transition

S Giordano, M Diego, F Banfi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High frequency, short wavelength acoustic wave generation in fluids, by means of immersed
nanotransducers, is key to applications ranging from the biomedical to the ICT sector, all the …

Fabrication and investigation of a thermoacoustic loudspeaker based on carbon nanotube coated laser-scribed graphene

A Ghasemi Yeklangi, SE Khadem… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In spite of being known since a century ago, high operational voltage and low sound
pressure level have limited wide applications of thermophones. In recent years, utilizing …