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Development, Investigation and Application of Acoustic Sensors for Liquid Medium and Phase Transition Characterization

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2025 | Viewed by 606

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Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, 125009 Moscow, Russia
Interests: acoustic waves propagating in piezoelectric materials and structures; development of acoustoelectronic devices (signal processing, hydroacoustical emmiter/receiver) and sensors (biological, chemical and physical); acoustic methods for definition of acoustic and electric characteristics of new materials (nanocomposite polymeric materials, graphen likely materials, etc.); interaction of electric and magnetic fields with piezoactive acoustic waves
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Dear Colleagues,

One of the states of matter is liquid. Liquids are not only the basis of life on Earth but also an important material used in various fields of science and technology. Developing sensors to analyze and control their properties is relevant from both a fundamental and practical point of view. Acoustic methods are among the most commonly used techniques for creating these devices. The Special Issue of Sensors entitled “Development, Investigation and Application of Acoustic Sensors for Liquid Medium and Phase Transition Characterization” intends to present original research and critical review articles covering recent advances in all aspects of the development, production, testing, and application of acoustic sensors and hydroacoustic devices. It will allow researchers to publish their latest achievements in the design, fabrication, modeling, testing, characterization, and application of selective, small-sized, cost-effective, and high-performance acoustic sensors for liquid characterization and hydroacoustic purposes.

Papers dealing with one or several of the following aspects will be considered for publication:

  • Operating principles of various types of liquid acoustic sensors and hydroacoustic devices;
  • Design and production of various types of liquid acoustic sensors and hydroacoustic devices;
  • Characterization of electrophysical properties of liquid by acoustic sensors;
  • Application of liquid acoustic sensors in various fields of science and technics;
  • Acoustic sensors for detection of phase transition from gas or solids state into liquid state;
  • Hydroacoustic platforms—a combination of signal processing and sound propagation in liquid

Prof. Dr. Iren E. Kuznetsova
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Keywords

  • acoustic waves
  • layered structures
  • liquid properties
  • hydroacoustic devices
  • viscosity
  • acoustic sensors
  • phase transition

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Influence of Lamb Wave Anisotropy on Detection of Water-to-Ice Phase Transition
by Andrey Smirnov, Vladimir Anisimkin, Nikita Ageykin, Elizaveta Datsuk and Iren Kuznetsova
Sensors 2024, 24(24), 7969; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24247969 - 13 Dec 2024
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An important technical task is to develop methods for recording the phase transitions of water to ice. At present, many sensors based on various types of acoustic waves are suggested for solving this challenge. This paper focuses on the theoretical and experimental study [...] Read more.
An important technical task is to develop methods for recording the phase transitions of water to ice. At present, many sensors based on various types of acoustic waves are suggested for solving this challenge. This paper focuses on the theoretical and experimental study of the effect of water-to-ice phase transition on the properties of Lamb and quasi shear horizontal (QSH) acoustic waves of a higher order propagating in different directions in piezoelectric plates with strong anisotropy. Y-cut LiNbO3, 128Y-cut LiNbO3, and 36Y-cut LiTaO3 plates with a thickness of 500 μm and 350 μm were used as piezoelectric substrates. It was shown that the amplitude of the waves under study can decrease, increase, or remain relatively stable due to the water-to-ice phase transition, depending on the propagation direction and mode order. The greatest decrease in amplitude (42.1 dB) due to glaciation occurred for Lamb waves with a frequency of 40.53 MHz and propagating in the YX+30° LiNbO3 plate. The smallest change in the amplitude (0.9 dB) due to glaciation was observed for QSH waves at 56.5 MHz propagating in the YX+60° LiNbO3 plate. Additionally, it was also found that, in the YX+30° LiNbO3 plate, the water-to-ice transition results in the complete absorption of all acoustic waves within the specified frequency range (10–60 MHz), with the exception of one. The phase velocities, electromechanical coupling coefficients, elastic polarizations, and attenuation of the waves under study were calculated. The structures “air–piezoelectric plate–air”, “air–piezoelectric plate–liquid”, and “air–piezoelectric plate–ice” were considered. The results obtained can be used to develop methods for detecting ice formation and measuring its parameters. Full article
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