3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Anomalous thermal and elastic properties of an epitaxial NiTi film exhibiting R-phase
Kristýna RepÄek, Tomáš Grabec, David MareÅ¡ +8
Shape memory alloys like NiTi are at the core of emerging thermal management applications, including elastocaloric refrigeration, thermoelastic harvesting, and latent heat storage.…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Study of the acoustic and thermal response of an elastically anisotropic solid to a sub-nanosecond laser pulse in transient grating spectroscopy
Jakub KuÅ¡nÃr, Tomáš Grabec, Petr Sedlák +2
Transient grating spectroscopy (TGS) is a material characterization technique based on laser-induced thermoelastic excitation of thermal and acoustic gratings. On opaque samples, t…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Ultra-transient grating spectroscopy for visualization of surface acoustics
Tomáš Grabec, Pavla Stoklasová, Kristýna RepÄek +5
Ultrasonic wave propagation across material surfaces reveals essential information about the materials' elastic behavior. The elastodynamic response of the surface is characterized…