Serious climate changes and energy-related environmental problems are currently critical
issues in the world. In order to reduce carbon emissions and save our environment …

This paper analytically and experimentally investigates the potential of a piezoelectric
metamaterial beam with a spatial grading pattern for broadband vibration attenuation …

A relevant feature for various applications of phononic crystals and metamaterials is the
wave localization and guiding using defects introduced into a periodic array. In this context …

This paper reports the dynamic effects leveraged into one-dimensional metastructures by
Duffing-and Nonlinear Energy Sink (NES)-type piezoelectric attachments. The versatility of …

Tunable piezoelectric metasurfaces have been proposed as a means of adaptively steering
incident elastic waves for various applications in vibration mitigation and control. Bonding …

Research in the field of phononic crystals (PnCs) has traditionally focused on single defects
for energy localization and frequency-selective filtering. Recent attention has turned to …

This paper reports dynamical effects in one-dimensional locally resonant piezoelectric
metastructures leveraged by nonlinear electrical attachments featuring either combined …

Programmable metamaterials for broadband vibration control draw growing interest due to
their abilities to tailor dynamic responses. However, the deterministic dynamic behavior of …

This paper proposes a tunable local resonance metamaterial with chiral buckling structures
for low-frequency vibration isolation. The unit cell consists of the inner and outer buckling …

In this work, we experimentally demonstrate the concept of space-time wave localization
using programmable defects. The dynamic properties of the local resonators of an …