Application of real-time, stroboscopic x-ray diffraction with dynamical mechanical analysis to characterize the motion of ferroelastic domain walls

There is great interest in determining the dynamic response of ferroelastic domain walls to an alternating stimulus mimicking the typical characteristics of a seismic wave. This regime is amenable to study via the technique of dynamical mechanical analysis (VMA). Various geometries may be employed with a torsional pendulum apparatus commonly used to measure the shear modulus under dynamic conditions of forced oscillation.