PMID- 31507173 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20191003 LR - 20191007 IS - 1944-8252 (Electronic) IS - 1944-8244 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 39 DP - 2019 Oct 2 TI - Virtual Loudspeaker Effect of Graphene-Based Hybrid Material To Improve Low-Frequency Acoustic Performance. PG - 35941-35948 LID - 10.1021/acsami.9b07965 [doi] AB - Closed-box loudspeaker systems (CBLSSs) are compact and simple air-suspension loudspeaker systems, and their low-frequency responses are determined by two fundamental parameters: resonance frequency and total damping. Recently, electronic devices have come to require more compact designs, so the volumes of loudspeaker should be reduced. However, a small loudspeaker cannot retain sufficient acoustic space, resulting in poor low-frequency acoustic performance. Herein, we investigated acoustic characterization of the CBLSS with different filling materials such as thermally expanded graphene oxide (TEGO), activated carbon, graphene platelets, and melamine foam (MF). Upon the powder-based test, the resonance frequency of the loudspeaker decreased and resulted in a volume increasing effect inside of the loudspeaker. The TEGO shows almost double volume increase rate, compared to other particle-based filling materials. Employing hybrid filling material that consists of TEGO in an MF cage (TEGO@MF), the volume increase rate of the novel loudspeaker was over 24% at 300 cc. Because of the high adsorptive characteristics and thermal properties of TEGO, the acoustic performance in the low-frequency domain was clearly enhanced, despite the reduced mass loading. Furthermore, these properties were observed to be highly effective for enhancing the low-frequency acoustic performance of the larger loudspeaker, achieving a volume increase rate of 49.5% in a 700 cc enclosure. FAU - Kim, Ji Hoon AU - Kim JH AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering , Incheon National University , Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012 , Republic of Korea. FAU - Lim, Sun Taek AU - Lim ST AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering , Incheon National University , Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012 , Republic of Korea. FAU - Shim, Gyu Hyeon AU - Shim GH AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering , Incheon National University , Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012 , Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Gil Won AU - Lee GW AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering , Incheon National University , Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012 , Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Sungjoo AU - Kim S AD - SAMSUNG Electronics Company Limited , Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si 16677 , Gyenggi-do , Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Namkeun AU - Kim N AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering , Incheon National University , Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012 , Republic of Korea. FAU - Wongwises, Somchai AU - Wongwises S AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering , King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi , Bangkok 10140 , Thailand. FAU - Ahn, Ho Seon AU - Ahn HS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1036-3038 AD - Division of Thermal and Fluids Science, Institute for Computational Science; Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Ton Duc Thang University , Ho Chi Minh City 700000 , Vietnam. AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering , Incheon National University , Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012 , Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190923 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces JT - ACS applied materials & interfaces JID - 101504991 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - acoustic absorber OT - adsorptive material OT - graphene OT - loudspeaker OT - low frequency EDAT- 2019/09/12 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/12 06:01 CRDT- 2019/09/12 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acsami.9b07965 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019 Oct 2;11(39):35941-35948. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b07965. Epub 2019 Sep 23.