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See detailGradient of the Mechanical Modulus in Glass-Epoxy-Metal Joints as Measured by Brillouin Microscopy.
Krüger, Jan-Kristian UL; Possart, Wulff; Bactavatchalou, R. et al

in Journal of Adhesion (2004), 80(7), 585-599

The newly developed Brillouin microscopy is used for the first time to measure in situ the longitudinal elastic stiffness coefficient in the GHz-range inside of glass-epoxy-metal joints as a function of ... [more ▼]

The newly developed Brillouin microscopy is used for the first time to measure in situ the longitudinal elastic stiffness coefficient in the GHz-range inside of glass-epoxy-metal joints as a function of distance from the substrates. Interphases with a local variation of mechanical properties are quantitatively characterized. These interphases possess unexpected widths of tens to hundreds of microns. Inside the interphases, the spatial variation of the longitudinal stiffness coefficient depends on the type of substrate, on the curing conditions for the epoxy and probably on the distribution of internal stresses. The obtained spatial mechanical profiles provide valuable insight into the morphology-driven mechanics of the interphase, but additional information is needed for a full understanding of their physical and chemical origin. The presented results prove the sensitivity of the Brillouin microscopy; the elastic stiffness coefficients are detected with an accuracy in the subpercentage range. The spatial resolution is better than 10 µm. [less ▲]

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See detailDifferent glassy states, as indicated by a violation of the generalized Cauchy relation.
Krüger, Jan-Kristian UL; Britz, Th; le Coutre, A. et al

in New Journal of Physics (2003), 5(80), 1-11

Using Brillouin spectroscopy as a probe for high-frequency clamped acoustic properties, a shear modulus can be measured in addition to the longitudinal modulus already well above the thermal glass ... [more ▼]

Using Brillouin spectroscopy as a probe for high-frequency clamped acoustic properties, a shear modulus can be measured in addition to the longitudinal modulus already well above the thermal glass transition. On slow cooling of the liquid through the thermal glass transition temperature Tg, both moduli show a kink-like behaviour and the function follows a generalized Cauchy relation (gCR) defined by the linear relation , which completely hides the glass transition. In this work we show experimentally that on fast cooling this linear transformation becomes violated within the glassy state, but that thermal ageing drives the elastic coefficients towards the gCR, i.e. towards a unique glassy state. [less ▲]

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See detailCauchy-like relation between elastic constants in amorphous materials.
Krüger, Jan-Kristian UL; Baller, Jörg UL; Britz, Th et al

in Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2002), 66(1), 012206-012210

It is well known that in addition to the longitudinal modulus, viscoelastic liquids show a shear stiffness at sufficiently high probe frequencies due to structural relaxations. For probe frequencies that ... [more ▼]

It is well known that in addition to the longitudinal modulus, viscoelastic liquids show a shear stiffness at sufficiently high probe frequencies due to structural relaxations. For probe frequencies that are large compared to the structural relaxation frequency, the measured elastic longitudinal and shear moduli become so-called clamped properties (c11∞ and c44∞, respectively). During freezing or polymerization of amorphous liquids, these clamped moduli behave in a strongly nonlinear fashion as a function of temperature or polymerization time. Based on Brillouin spectroscopy data we will show that there exists a linear relation between c11∞ and c44∞ over a large temperature or polymerization time range. Surprisingly, the parameters of this linear relation between the elastic moduli vary only little for different materials. Implications for the nonlinear elastic behavior at the glass transition will be discussed on the basis of mode Grüneisen parameters. [less ▲]

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See detailThermal Glass Transition Beyond the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann Behavior for Glass Forming Diglycidylether of Bisphenol A
Krüger, Jan-Kristian UL; Britz, Th; Baller, Jörg UL et al

in Physical Review Letters (2002), 89

For the low molecular weight fragile liquid diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A we report, based on Brillouin and dielectric spectroscopy, on a thermal glass transition where the relaxation time of the α ... [more ▼]

For the low molecular weight fragile liquid diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A we report, based on Brillouin and dielectric spectroscopy, on a thermal glass transition where the relaxation time of the α process does not go to infinity. Instead, the structural α relaxation disappears spontaneously at the transition point. That discontinuity in relaxation time coincides with a kink in the longitudinal hypersonic velocity and determines unambiguously the transition from the liquid to the glassy state. [less ▲]

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See detailA versatile method to characterize the mechanical and optical properties of nano-and micro-structured CVD-Diamond : Brillouin microscopy
Krüger, Jan-Kristian UL; Baller, Jörg UL; Le Coutre, A. et al

in Vide -Paris- (2001), 56(300), 375-393

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