Topological metamaterials

X Ni, S Yves, A Krasnok, A Alu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The topological properties of an object, associated with an integer called the topological
invariant, are global features that cannot change continuously but only through abrupt …

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 …

Observation of Hofstadter butterfly and topological edge states in reconfigurable quasi-periodic acoustic crystals

X Ni, K Chen, M Weiner, DJ Apigo, C Prodan… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
The emergence of a fractal energy spectrum is the quintessence of the interplay between
two periodic parameters with incommensurate length scales. crystals can emulate such …

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 …

Edge states and topological pumping in spatially modulated elastic lattices

MIN Rosa, RK Pal, JRF Arruda, M Ruzzene - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Spatial stiffness modulations defined by the sampling of a two-dimensional surface provide
one-dimensional elastic lattices with topological properties that are usually attributed to two …

Experimental demonstration of dynamic topological pumping across incommensurate bilayered acoustic metamaterials

W Cheng, E Prodan, C Prodan - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
A Thouless pump can be regarded as a dynamical version of the integer quantum Hall
effect. In a finite-size configuration, such a topological pump displays edge modes that …

Observation of topological edge modes in a quasiperiodic acoustic waveguide

DJ Apigo, W Cheng, KF Dobiszewski, E Prodan… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Topological boundary and interface modes are generated in an acoustic waveguide by
simple quasiperiodic patterning of the walls. The procedure opens many topological gaps in …

Topological edge states of quasiperiodic elastic metasurfaces

X Pu, A Palermo, A Marzani - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigate the dynamic behavior and the topological properties of
quasiperiodic elastic metasurfaces, namely arrays of mechanical oscillators arranged over …

Topological edge states in quasiperiodic locally resonant metastructures

Y Xia, A Erturk, M Ruzzene - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
We investigate the dynamic behavior and topology of quasiperiodic resonant
metastructures. We show that the quasiperiodic arrangement of resonators introduces …

Topology of the valley-Chern effect

K Qian, DJ Apigo, C Prodan, Y Barlas, E Prodan - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The quantum valley-Hall effect (QVHE) manifests in both classical and quantum materials as
the emergence of pairs of quasichiral bands along certain interfaces. This bulk-boundary …