Alumina/epoxy nanocomposite matching layers for high-frequency ultrasound transducer application

Qifa Zhou; Jung Hyui Cha; Yuhong Huang; Rui Zhang; Wenwu Cao; K. Kirk Shung

doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1021

Alumina/epoxy nanocomposite matching layers for high-frequency ultrasound transducer application

Qifa Zhou, Jung Hyui Cha, Yuhong Huang, Rui Zhang, Wenwu Cao, K. Kirk Shung

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Mismatch of acoustic impedance at the interface between a piezoelectric transducer and the medium to be probed will substantially reduce the amount of ultrasound energy being transmitted into the medium. Therefore, matching layer is a critical component of an ultrasonic transducer. A spin-coating process was used to fabricate alumina/polymer nanocomposite films with alumina volume fractions ranging from 14 to 32%. The particle size of alumina is in the range of 10 to 40 nm. The thicknesses of the matching layer can be controlled by the spinning speed and the concentration of solution. Acoustic impedances of these nanocomposite matching layers are in the range of 2.8 to 5.1 MRayls with different alumina contents, which meet the matching layer requirement. The attenuation of a nanocomposite matching layer with smooth surface is about 15 dB/mm at 40 MHz. The pulse-echo spectrum and frequency spectrum of a high-frequency transducer using this nanocomposite matching layer are reported.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	4775280
Pages (from-to)	213-219
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Volume	56
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1021
State	Published - Jan 2009

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Instrumentation
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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In: IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, Vol. 56, No. 1, 4775280, 01.2009, p. 213-219.

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