Acoustic metamaterials for noise reduction: a review

N Gao, Z Zhang, J Deng, X Guo… - Advanced Materials …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Noise pollution has become a significant global problem in recent years. Unfortunately,
conventional acoustic materials cannot offer substantial improvements in noise reduction …

Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications

J Rufo, F Cai, J Friend, M Wiklund… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Acoustofluidic technologies utilize acoustic waves to manipulate fluids and particles within
fluids, all in a contact-free and biocompatible manner. Over the past decade, acoustofluidic …

Analogue computing with metamaterials

F Zangeneh-Nejad, DL Sounas, A Alù… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Despite their widespread use for performing advanced computational tasks, digital signal
processors suffer from several restrictions, including low speed, high power consumption …

Additive manufacturing of metamaterials: A review

M Askari, DA Hutchins, PJ Thomas, L Astolfi… - Additive …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Metamaterials exhibit properties beyond those exhibited by conventional materials in
conventional scenarios. These have been investigated both theoretically and experimentally …

Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences

A Ozcelik, J Rufo, F Guo, Y Gu, P Li, J Lata, TJ Huang - Nature methods, 2018‏ - nature.com
Acoustic tweezers are a versatile set of tools that use sound waves to manipulate
bioparticles ranging from nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles to millimeter-sized …

Acoustic metasurfaces

B Assouar, B Liang, Y Wu, Y Li, JC Cheng… - Nature Reviews …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Acoustic metasurfaces derive their characteristics from the interaction between acoustic
waves and specifically designed materials. The field is driven by the desire to control …

Acoustofluidic separation of cells and particles

M Wu, A Ozcelik, J Rufo, Z Wang, R Fang… - Microsystems & …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Acoustofluidics, the integration of acoustics and microfluidics, is a rapidly growing research
field that is addressing challenges in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and …

Optical manipulation with metamaterial structures

Y Shi, Q Song, I Toftul, T Zhu, Y Yu, W Zhu… - Applied Physics …, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
Optical tweezers employing forces produced by light underpin important manipulation tools
employed in numerous areas of applied and biological physics. Conventional optical …

A review of acoustic impedance matching techniques for piezoelectric sensors and transducers

VT Rathod - Sensors, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The coupling of waves between the piezoelectric generators, detectors, and propagating
media is challenging due to mismatch in the acoustic properties. The mismatch leads to the …

Acoustic perfect absorbers via Helmholtz resonators with embedded apertures

S Huang, X Fang, X Wang, B Assouar… - The Journal of the …, 2019‏ - pubs.aip.org
Acoustic perfect absorption via a structure with deep subwavelength thickness is of great
and continuing interest in research and engineering. This study analytically and …