Tacticity in chiral phononic crystals

A. Bergamini; M. Miniaci; T. Delpero; D. Tallarico; B. Van Damme; G. Hannema; I. Leibacher; A. Zemp

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12587-7

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Tacticity in chiral phononic crystals

A. Bergamini,
M. Miniaci,
T. Delpero,
D. Tallarico,
B. Van Damme,
G. Hannema,
I. Leibacher,
A. Zemp

Affiliations

A. Bergamini: Empa, Laboratory for Acoustics/Noise Control
M. Miniaci: Empa, Laboratory for Acoustics/Noise Control
T. Delpero: Empa, Laboratory for Structural Integrity of Energy Systems
D. Tallarico: Empa, Laboratory for Acoustics/Noise Control
B. Van Damme: Empa, Laboratory for Acoustics/Noise Control
G. Hannema: Empa, Laboratory for Acoustics/Noise Control
I. Leibacher: Empa, Laboratory for Structural Integrity of Energy Systems
A. Zemp: Empa, Laboratory for Acoustics/Noise Control

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12587-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, the authors study the influence of tacticity on the dynamic behaviour of chiral structured periodic media comprising rotational inertia elements. This opens the way towards new mechanisms for wave control by exploiting spin-spin coupling mechanism.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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