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Nature Materials volume 9, pages 962–963 (2010)Cite this article

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The first realization of an acoustic diode that passes sound in one direction but not the other signals a new approach to acoustic devices with complex functionality.

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Figure 1: The acoustic diode.

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  1. and the Department of Physics, Baowen Li is at the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456. phylibw@nus.edu.sg,

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