Topology optimization (TopOpt) methods for inverse design of nano-photonic systems have
recently become extremely popular and are presented in various forms and under various …

Abstract Machine learning (ML), as a component of artificial intelligence, encourages
structural design exploration which leads to new technological advancements. By …

As the counterpart of electromagnetic and acoustic metamaterials, elastic metamaterials are
artificial periodic elastic composite materials offering the possibility to manipulate elastic …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the literature and trends on the design of
periodic microstructural composite materials including photonic crystals (PtCs), phononic …

Photonic and phononic topological insulators (TIs) offer numerous opportunities for
manipulating light and sound with high efficiency and resiliency. On the other hand, inverse …

Flexible manipulation of elastic and acoustic waves through phononic meta-structured
materials (PMSMs) has attracted a lot of attention in the last three decades and shows a …

This paper presents a systematic approach for designing 3D auxetic lattice materials, which
exhibit constant negative Poisson's ratios over large strain intervals. A unit cell model …

Inverse homogenization in combination with contact modeling, topology optimization and
shape optimization is used to design metamaterials with optimized macroscopic response …

An acoustic topological insulator (TI) is synthesized using topology optimization, a free
material inverse design method. The TI appears spontaneously from the optimization …

Double-negative acoustic metamaterials (AMMs) offer the promising ability of superlensing
for applications in ultrasonography, biomedical sensing and nondestructive evaluation …