Recent advances in the field of low-power electronic components production have spurred
research in energy harvesting. Ambient sound can be used as a source of energy, and the …

The introduction of engineered resonance phenomena on surfaces has opened a new
frontier in surface science and technology. Pillared phononic crystals, metamaterials, and …

Acoustic metamaterials (AMs), which are materials composed of subwavelength periodic
artificial structures with specific designs, have drawn significant research attention. This is …

With the growing interest in the field of artificial materials, more advanced and sophisticated
functionalities are required from phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials. This implies …

In the past decades, many mechanical metamaterials with uncommon static properties have
been reported. On the other hand, mechanical metamaterials possessing extraordinary …

The advancement in electromagnetic metamaterials, which commenced three decades ago,
experienced a rapid transformation into acoustic and elastic systems in the forms of …

This paper investigates the dispersion characteristics of elastic waves propagating along the
thickness direction in functionally graded laminated phononic crystals (FGLPCs) containing …

Cellular solids have gained extensive popularity in different areas of engineering due to
their unique physical and mechanical properties. Recent advancements in manufacturing …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting has attracted tremendous interest for designing sustainable
self-powered devices/systems targeted to special environment such as wireless or wearable …

Metasurfaces are planar metamaterials with a flat surface and a subwavelength thickness
that are able to shape arbitrary wave fronts such as focusing or imaging. There is a broad …