Type
ArticleKAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionApplied Mathematics and Computational Science Program
Waves in Complex Media Research Group
Date
2011-06-26Online Publication Date
2011-06-26Print Publication Date
2011-08Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/561803
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Metamaterials can exhibit electromagnetic and elastic characteristics beyond those found in nature. In this work, we present a design of elastic metamaterial that exhibits multiple resonances in its building blocks. Band structure calculations show two negative dispersion bands, of which one supports only compressional waves and thereby blurs the distinction between a fluid and a solid over a finite frequency regime, whereas the other displays super anisotropy-in which compressional waves and shear waves can propagate only along different directions. Such unusual characteristics, well explained by the effective medium theory, have no comparable analogue in conventional solids and may lead to novel applications. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.Citation
Lai, Y., Wu, Y., Sheng, P., & Zhang, Z.-Q. (2011). Hybrid elastic solids. Nature Materials, 10(8), 620–624. doi:10.1038/nmat3043Sponsors
We thank Z. Hang and I. Tsukerman for useful discussions. This work was supported by Hong Kong RGC Grant No. 605008 and RGC Grant HKUST604207.Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
Nature MaterialsDOI
10.1038/nmat3043ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/nmat3043