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Asked by trishbeanx to Dave on 15 Jun 2013.
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Dave Farmer answered on 15 Jun 2013:
Dear trishbeanx,
A very good question! In fact, you’re spot on for what I’m doing now. As we wobble my polymer sample, it changes how much light is reflected from it, which lets us investigate the physics inside the structure.
One of the nice things that happens is that as we fire a pulse of sound through our samples, we bounce light off the sound itself. It appears that the way in which this happens depends a lot on what the structure of the sample is. I’m writing a paper for publication on this topic at the moment actually.
If you have any more questions about my research, please do let me know. I love talking physics (I’m a geek, I know, get over it)!
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Comments
trishbeanx commented on :
So do you aim to develop any of the materials you test, for example to make something? And if so, what would you make with them?
Dave commented on :
It looks like this has popped up as a question as well as a comment, I’ve answered it on the new question. Let me know if you can’t see it.
trishbeanx commented on :
Yeah sorry that question was me too, I didn’t realise there was this comments section too!
Yeah I was wondering if you would develop them for anything commercial but I guess not.
Dave commented on :
It’s not that they couldn’t be developed for something commercial, just that that’s not my particular goal. My attention span isn’t long enough for a start!