In solid state physics, a bandgap (BG) refers to a range of energies where no electronic
states can exist. This concept was extended to classical waves, spawning the entire fields of …

This Horizon Study describes a next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave
observatory: Cosmic Explorer. With ten times the sensitivity of Advanced LIGO, Cosmic …

In the last two decades, seismic metamaterials have attracted significant attention of
researchers because of the characteristic of the bandgap which can be used to control …

Cosmic Explorer is a next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave observatory concept,
envisioned to begin operation in the 2030s and expected to be capable of observing binary …

Forest trees have been shown to act as a natural metamaterial to attenuate elastic waves.
However, the existing studies assumed that forest trees are located on homogeneous soils …

The article analyses two potential metamaterial designs, the metafoundation and the
metabarrier, capable to attenuate seismic waves impact on buildings or structural …

In this work, we experimentally and numerically investigate the propagation and attenuation
of vertically polarized surface waves in an unconsolidated granular medium equipped with …

ABSTRACT A subwavelength seismic metamaterial (SM) consisting of a three-component
SM plate (SMP) and a half space is proposed to attenuate ultra-low frequency seismic …

We inspect the propagation of shear polarized surface waves akin to Love waves through a
forest of trees of the same height atop a guiding layer on a soil substrate. An asymptotic …

Key message Clusters of forest trees can be assumed as naturally available seismic
metamaterials capable of mitigating low-frequency earthquake waves. Strategic afforestation …