@inproceedings{87e2229543544e67af72dbee474689c9,
title = "Ultrasonic characterization of the mechanical properties of thin films & coatings",
abstract = "This paper presents a review of recent work at Northwestern University in the area of ultrasonic characterization of thin film material properties. Contact and non-contact ultrasonic methods that are used to characterize the mechanical properties of micro-And nano-structured thin films are briefly described. Specifically, the methods used are: Line-focus Acoustic Microscopy, narrowband and broadband Photoacoustic guided wave methods, and Photoacoustic bulk-wave pump-probe techniques. Applications to several free-standing thin-films and thin-film on substrate systems are discussed.",
author = "Sridhar Krishnaswamy",
year = "2010",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-90-481-9893-1_7",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9789048198924",
series = "IUTAM Bookseries",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "77--86",
editor = "Tsung-Tsong Wu and Chien-Ching Ma",
booktitle = "IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances of Acoustic Waves in Solids - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances of Acoustic Waves in Solids",
address = "Germany",
note = "IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances of Acoustic Waves in Solids, 2009 ; Conference date: 25-05-2009 Through 28-05-2009",
}