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The sound of Weyl hinges

Nature Materials volume 20, pages 716–718 (2021)Cite this article

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Clever 3D-printed acoustic materials allow probing a new higher-order semimetallic topological phase using audible sound.

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Fig. 1: Higher-order topological systems.
Fig. 2: Acoustic higher-order topological semimetals.

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