Topological acoustics

H Xue, Y Yang, B Zhang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Topological acoustics is an emerging field that lies at the intersection of condensed matter
physics, mechanical structural design and acoustics engineering. It explores the design and …

Photonics of time-varying media

E Galiffi, R Tirole, S Yin, H Li, S Vezzoli… - Advanced …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Time-varying media have recently emerged as a new paradigm for wave manipulation, due
to the synergy between the discovery of highly nonlinear materials, such as epsilon-near …

Emerging topics in nanophononics and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials: an overview

AO Krushynska, D Torrent, AM Aragón, R Ardito… - …, 2023 - degruyter.com
This broad review summarizes recent advances and “hot” research topics in nanophononics
and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials based on results presented by the …

Topological phononic metamaterials

W Zhu, W Deng, Y Liu, J Lu, HX Wang… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of topological energy bands and their manifestations have been demonstrated
in condensed matter systems as a fantastic paradigm toward unprecedented physical …

Creating synthetic spaces for higher-order topological sound transport

H Chen, H Zhang, Q Wu, Y Huang, H Nguyen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Modern technological advances allow for the study of systems with additional synthetic
dimensions. Higher-order topological insulators in topological states of matters have been …

Recent advances in topological elastic metamaterials

H Huang, J Chen, S Huo - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Topological elastic metamaterials have emerged as a new frontier in the quest of topological
phases in condensed matter physics. Their exotic topological properties open a wealth of …

Unidirectional amplification with acoustic non-Hermitian space− time varying metamaterial

X Wen, X Zhu, A Fan, WY Tam, J Zhu, HW Wu… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Space− time modulated metamaterials support extraordinary rich applications, such
as parametric amplification, frequency conversion, and non-reciprocal transmission. The …

Active metamaterials for realizing odd mass density

Q Wu, X Xu, H Qian, S Wang, R Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Solids built out of active components have exhibited odd elastic stiffness tensors whose
active moduli appear in the antisymmetric part and which give rise to non-Hermitian static …

Design of topological elastic waveguides

M Miniaci, RK Pal - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Topological physics is emerging as an active area of research, addressing fundamental
questions on how geometry, symmetry, and topology affect physical properties, paving the …

Non-reciprocal and non-Newtonian mechanical metamaterials

L Wang, JAI Martínez, G Ulliac, B Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-Newtonian liquids are characterized by stress and velocity-dependent dynamical
response. In elasticity, and in particular, in the field of phononics, reciprocity in the equations …