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Topological properties that can be heard

The introduction of crystalline defects experimentally reveals elusive signatures of topological phenomena in acoustic metamaterials.

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Fig. 1: Topology reveals itself at lattice defects.

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Serra-Garcia, M. Topological properties that can be heard. Nat. Mater. 21, 385–386 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01225-1

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