Phononic crystals (PCs) and metamaterials (MMs) can exhibit abnormal properties, even far
beyond those found in nature, through artificial design of the topology or ordered structure of …

This broad review summarizes recent advances and “hot” research topics in nanophononics
and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials based on results presented by the …

Soft structures are capable of undergoing reversible large strains and deformations when
facing different types of loadings. Due to the limitations of linear elastic models, researchers …

Coral aggregate concrete (CAC) has become the primary material candidate for tropical reef
projects due to the unique raw material abundances of coral aggregates (CAs). Concrete …

In this paper, the mechanical behavior of bio-inspired nacre-like staggered composites is
studied. The bio-inspired materials, combining stiff and soft constituents, exhibit superior …

Phononic crystals (PnCs) and acoustic metamaterials (AMMs) are artificially architected
materials endowed with the capabilities of wave manipulation. This review specifically …

Large deformation effects give the opportunity for tuning and manipulating the dynamic
properties of periodic microstructured materials, including those related to vibration control …

In this paper, we investigate the post-buckling development of instability-induced patterns in
soft particulate composites. Upon reaching the critical strain level, the composite …

In this work, we study the macroscopic and microscopic instabilities in 2D incompressible
nacre-like composite materials induced by uniaxial loadings. The interchange between …

Multiscale techniques have been widely shown to potentially overcome the limitation of
homogenization schemes in representing the microscopic failure mechanisms in …