Measuring Extra-thin Materials

Interactive thin elastic materials

Despite great strides in past years are being made to generate motions of elastic

Selecting parental materials for hybridization by measuring genetic diversity

Plasmonics in atomically thin materials.

The observation and electrical manipulation of infrared surface plasmons in graphene have triggered a search for similar photonic capabilities in other atomically thin materials that enable electrical modulation of light at visible and near-infrared frequencies, as well as strong interaction with optical quantum emitters. Here, we present a simple analytical description of the optical response ...

Measuring BRDFs of Immersed Materials

We investigate the effect of immersing real-world materials into media of different refractive indices. We show, that only some materials follow the Fresnel-governed behaviour. In reality, many materials exhibit unexpected effects such as stronger localized highlights or a significant increase in the glossy reflection due to microgeometry. In this paper, we propose a new measurement technique t...

Damage Assessment in Thin Materials: Finite Element Investigation Damage Assessment in Thin Materials: Finite Element Investigation

This thesis describes the process of detection, and if possible, also localization of the damage in non structural sheet-like materials. Simulation and analysis is carried out in ABAQUS with a FE model that has the same dynamic characteristics as the corresponding real material. Three types of damage forms are investigated: crack, hole and local weakness. Results presented in the report show th...