Role of a fractal shape of the inclusions on acoustic attenuation in a nanocomposite

Abstract

Nanophononic materials are promising to control the transport of sound in the GHz range and heat in the THz range. Here we are interested in the influence of a dendritic shape of inclusion on acoustic attenuation. We investigate a Finite Element numerical simulation of the transient propagation of an acoustic wave-packet in 2D nanophononic materials with circular or dendritic inclusions periodically distributed in matrix. By measuring the penetration length, diffusivity, and instantaneous wave velocity, we find that the multi-branching tree-like form of dendrites provides a continuous source of phonon-interface scattering leading to an increasing acoustic attenuation. When the wavelength is far less than the inter-inclusion distance, we report a strong attenuation process in the dendritic case which can be fitted by a compressed exponential function with $\beta >1$.

arXiv comment14 pages, 11 figures

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