2013/12/19 by Andrea Bergamini, Tommaso Delpero, Luca Simoni +3 · 1 citation
Engineering · Materials Science · Computer Science · #Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research #Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications #Music Technology and Sound Studies #Materials science #Piezoelectricity #Acoustic metamaterials #Resonator #Crystal (programming language) #Stiffness #Acoustics #Band gap #Optoelectronics #Composite material #Physics #Computer science
paper · doi:10.1002/adma.201305280
openalex publication_date 2013/12/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
The band structure of a phononic crystal can be controlled by tuning the mechanical stiffness of the links connecting its constituting elements. The first implementation of a phononic crystal with adaptive connectivity is obtained by using piezoelectric resonators as variable stiffness elements, and its wave-propagation properties are experimentally characterized.