Phononic crystals (PCs) and metamaterials (MMs) can exhibit abnormal properties, even far
beyond those found in nature, through artificial design of the topology or ordered structure of …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are a type of multifunctional materials with salient features that
are very attractive in developing soft, lightweight, and small-scale transducers and robotics …

Active tuning of frequency bandgaps has received significant attention in the recent past. To
this end, soft compressible phononic composites have indicated great promise owing to their …

The concept of modular metamaterials and a machine learning-based method are
introduced in this Letter. The method starts from selection of the structural bases based on …

Topology optimization is used to design phononic bandgap materials that are tunable by
mechanical deformation. A periodic media is considered, which due to the assumption of …

Phononic crystals and elastic metamaterials have recently received significant attention due
to their potential for unconventional wave control. Despite this interest, one outstanding …

Tunable acoustic wave design is essential in phononic crystals (PnCs) because acoustic
waves constantly change in various frequency ranges during practical applications. In this …

Acoustic and elastic metamaterials with time-and space-dependent effective material
properties have recently received significant attention as a means to induce non-reciprocal …

Membrane-type metamaterials have shown a fantastic capacity for manipulating acoustic
waves in the low frequency range. They have the advantages of simple geometry, light …

Soft electroactive materials can undergo large deformation subjected to either mechanical or
electrical stimulus, and hence, they can be excellent candidates for designing extremely …