Polarization bandgaps and fluid-like elasticity in fully solid elastic metamaterials

Guancong Ma; Caixing Fu; Guanghao Wang; Philipp del Hougne; Johan Christensen; Yun Lai; Ping Sheng

doi:10.1038/ncomms13536

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Polarization bandgaps and fluid-like elasticity in fully solid elastic metamaterials

Guancong Ma,
Caixing Fu,
Guanghao Wang,
Philipp del Hougne,
Johan Christensen,
Yun Lai,
Ping Sheng

Affiliations

Guancong Ma: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Caixing Fu: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Guanghao Wang: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University
Philipp del Hougne: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Johan Christensen: Instituto Gregorio Millán Barbany, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30
Yun Lai: College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University
Ping Sheng: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13536
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Controlling elastic waves in medium is essential to many applications in mechanical to earthquake engineering. Ma et al. demonstrate selective suppression of different vibrational modes in a three-dimensional rod-shape structure, which shows fluid-like elasticity with only longitudinal waves propagating.

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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