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Recent progress in acoustic metamaterials and active piezoelectric acoustic metamaterials - A review

open access: yesApplied Materials Today, 2022
Abstract Acoustic metamaterials, structured to produce anomalous reflection and refraction indices that are not found in conventional materials, are gaining prominence in engineering applications. These artificial structures have enabled novel functionalities, such as negative effective properties, extraordinary wave manipulation, enhanced sound ...
Ji, G, Huber, J
openaire   +2 more sources

The Cuttlebone Blueprint for Multifunctional Metamaterials: Design Taxonomy, Functional Decoupling, and Future Horizons

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cuttlebone‐inspired metamaterials exploit a septum‐wall architecture to achieve excellent mechanical and functional properties. This review classifies existing designs into direct biomimetic, honeycomb‐type, and strut‐type architectures, summarizes governing design principles, and presents a decoupled design framework for interpreting multiphysical ...
Xinwei Li, Zhendong Li
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive review of acoustic metamaterials: Applications and challenges for lightweight noise control in large-scale transportation

open access: yesMaterials & Design
Aiming to address the vibration and noise reduction requirements of large-scale transportation, the latest research advancements in acoustic metamaterials are classified and reviewed based on practical engineering challenges in this paper.
Dan Yao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kirigami-based Elastic Metamaterials with Anisotropic Mass Density for Subwavelength Flexural Wave Control

open access: yes, 2017
A novel design of an elastic metamaterial with anisotropic mass density is proposed to manipulate flexural waves at a subwavelength scale. The three-dimensional metamaterial is inspired by kirigami, which can be easily manufactured by cutting and folding
Huang, G. L.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Physical Intelligence in Small‐Scale Robots and Machines

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Physical intelligence” (PI) empowers biological organisms and artificial machines, especially at the small scales, to perceive, adapt, and even reshape their complex, dynamic, and unstructured operation environments. This review summarizes recent milestones and future directions of PI in small‐scale robots and machines.
Huyue Chen, Metin Sitti
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustic transmission loss in Hilbert fractal metamaterials

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Acoustic metamaterials are increasingly being considered as a viable technology for sound insulation. Fractal patterns constitute a potentially groundbreaking architecture for acoustic metamaterials.
Gianni Comandini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two-Dimensional Composite Acoustic Metamaterials of Rectangular Unit Cell from Pentamode to Band Gap

open access: yesCrystals, 2021
Pentamode metamaterials have been receiving an increasing amount of interest due to their water-like properties. In this paper, a two-dimensional composite pentamode metamaterial of rectangular unit cell is proposed. The unit cells can be classified into
Qi Li, Ke Wu, Mingquan Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Design of an underwater acoustic bend by pentamode metafluid

open access: yes, 2017
We design an impedance matching underwater acoustic bend with pentamode microstructure. The proposed bend is assembled by pentamode lattice. The effective density and compressive mod- ulus of each unit cell can be tuned simultaneously, which are ...
Chen, Yi   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Tunable acoustic double negativity metamaterial [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2012
Man-made composite materials called "metamaterials" allow for the creation of unusual wave propagation behavior. Acoustic and elastic metamaterials in particular, can pave the way for the full control of sound in realizing cloaks of invisibility, perfect lenses and much more.
Liang, Zixian   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Moth‐Wing‐Inspired Multifunctional Metamaterials

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study develops a moth‐wing‐inspired heterogeneous metamaterial that achieves synergistic broadband sound absorption, mechanical energy dissipation, and thermal insulation within a lightweight architected framework. Combining bioinspired gradient design, genetic‐algorithm optimization, and additive manufacturing, the bionic heterogeneous acoustic ...
Haoran Pei   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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