Structured sonic tube with carbon nanotube-like topological edge states

Zhiwang Zhang; Penglin Gao; Wenjie Liu; Zichong Yue; Ying Cheng; Xiaojun Liu; Johan Christensen

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32777-0

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Structured sonic tube with carbon nanotube-like topological edge states

Zhiwang Zhang,
Penglin Gao,
Wenjie Liu,
Zichong Yue,
Ying Cheng,
Xiaojun Liu,
Johan Christensen

Affiliations

Zhiwang Zhang: Department of Physics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Penglin Gao: State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wenjie Liu: Department of Physics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Zichong Yue: Department of Physics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Ying Cheng: Department of Physics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Xiaojun Liu: Department of Physics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Johan Christensen: Department of Physics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32777-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Single-wall carbon nanotubes are made of carbon with diameters less than 100 nanometers. Here, the authors engineer an analogue tube with a diameter 1,000,000 times larger with the aim to explore topological properties including unusual acoustic edge states.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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