Phononic crystals (PnCs) are capable of manipulating the flow of elastic energy through
their periodic structures and have emerged as a promising field in the last two decades …

Colloidal lithography is a cost-efficient method to produce large-scale nanostructured arrays
on surfaces. Typically, colloidal particles are assembled into hexagonal close-packed …

The hypersonic phonon propagation in large-area two-dimensional colloidal crystals is
probed by spontaneous micro Brillouin light scattering. The dispersion relation of thermally …

We study wave propagation in two-dimensional granular crystals under the Hertzian contact
law consisting of hexagonal packings of spheres under various basin geometries including …

Longitudinal contact-based vibrations of colloidal crystals with a controlled layer thickness
are studied. These crystals consist of 390 nm diameter polystyrene spheres arranged into …

In this work, the vibrational behavior of rectangular monolayer graphene sheets is predicted
at different environmental temperatures. Graphene sheets are modeled according to their …

The vibrational landscape of an∼ 250 nm-radius single gold nanoparticle dropped on a
silica substrate is imaged with an ultrafast pump-probe experiment in a transient reflectivity …

This paper introduces a model for the propagation of multiple types of waves in a
compressed granular chain placed on an elastic V-shaped rail. The system possesses …

Elastic waves and vibrations play central roles in numerous engineering fields and
technologies such as impact mitigation, vibration isolation, ultrasonic imaging, and even …

This thesis is dedicated to progress in the field of colloidal self-assembly and colloidal
crystals as well as their potential application for the preparation of transparent, conducting …