Ultrasonics and Thermophysical Properties of Nanoparticles-Based Engineering Materials

The Ph.D. thesis is focused to ultrasonic and thermophysical properties characterization of nanostructured materials likes semiconducting nanowires, thermoelectric nanowires, magnetic nanoparticles and conducting polymer/novel metal nanocomposites. When propagated in different material systems, ultrasonic waves are influenced by the microstructure, nanostructures, deformation process, structural in homogeneities, non linear thermal/physical properties, strength of the materials, phase transformations, reinforcement level of particles (nanofibers, nanorods, nanotubes etc.) in nanocomposites, size of the particles and their distribution in the liquid/solid phase matrix and various surface morphology/phenomena.