Recent advances in topological elastic metamaterials

H Huang, J Chen, S Huo - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Topological elastic metamaterials have emerged as a new frontier in the quest of topological
phases in condensed matter physics. Their exotic topological properties open a wealth of …

Extended topological valley-locked surface acoustic waves

JQ Wang, ZD Zhang, SY Yu, H Ge, KF Liu, T Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Stable and efficient guided waves are essential for information transmission and processing.
Recently, topological valley-contrasting materials in condensed matter systems have been …

Realization of topological valley hall edge states of elastic waves in phononic crystals based on material differences

J Xu, Y Zheng, T Ma, H Chen, B Wu, J Wang, S Li… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
In this study, the topological valley Hall edge states of elastic waves in phononic crystals are
realized based on material differences. A phononic crystal structure with lantern rings is …

Robust edge states of subwavelength chiral phononic plates

Z Wen, S Zeng, D Wang, Y Jin… - Extreme Mechanics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Achieving strong robustness in elastic wave routing at subwavelength scale has always
been a constant goal in practical applications such as energy harvesting, signal processing …

Waveguides induced by replacing defects in phononic crystal

Z Jiang, Y Zhou, S Zheng, J Liu, B Xia - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phononic crystal, the artificial material, has shown the ability to guide the waves. In this
paper, we theoretically and experimentally realize interface transports by doping replacing …

A higher-order topological insulator with wide bandgaps in Lamb-wave systems

Z Wang, Q Wei, HY Xu, DJ Wu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that higher-order topological insulators with C 4 symmetry can be realized
in two-dimensional elastic phononic crystals. Both one-dimensional topological edge states …

An elastic higher-order topological insulator based on kagome phononic crystals

Z Wang, Q Wei - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, the novel bulk–edge–corner correspondence of higher-order topological states
had attracted increasing attention. Past research studies on higher-order topological …

Topological phononic crystal plates with locally resonant elastic wave systems

L Yao, D Zhang, K Xu, L Dong, X Chen - Applied Acoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the topological properties of subwavelength bands in elastic
phononic crystal (PC) plate hybridized with extra local resonances and analyze the band …

Topological acoustic tweezer and pseudo-spin states of acoustic topological insulators

P Liu, H Li, Z Zhou, Y Pei - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Topological protection wave engineering in artificially structured media is at the forefront of
metamaterials research. Acoustic analogs of electronic topological insulators have brought a …

Guiding robust valley-dependent edge states by surface acoustic waves

Z Wang, FK Liu, SY Yu, SL Yan, MH Lu, Y Jing… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, the concept of valley pseudospin, labeling quantum states of energy extrema in
momentum space, has attracted enormous attention because of its potential as a new type of …