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Acoustic metamaterials

Living bandgaps

Sound waves drive the organization of particle scatterers into stable structures, exhibiting phononic band gaps that heal from disturbances and adapt to changes in the drive.

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Figure 1: Bandgaps in a one-dimensional phononic crystal.

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Bishop, K. Living bandgaps. Nature Mater 16, 786–787 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4947

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