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Acoustic metasurfaces

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Acoustic metasurfaces derive their characteristics from the interaction between acoustic waves and specifically designed materials. The field is driven by the desire to control acoustic wave propagation using compact devices and is governed by fundamental and physical principles that provide the design rules and the functionality of a wave. Acoustic metasurfaces have added value and unusual functionalities compared with their predecessor in materials science, namely, acoustic metamaterials. These rationally designed 2D materials of subwavelength thickness provide a new route for sound wave manipulation. In this Review, we delineate the fundamental physics of metasurfaces, describe their different concepts and design strategies, and discuss their functionalities for controllable reflection, transmission and extraordinary absorption. In particular, we outline the main designs of acoustic metasurfaces, including those based on coiling-up space, Helmholtz-resonator-like and membrane-type structures, and discuss their applications, such as beam focusing, asymmetrical transmission and self-bending beams. We conclude with an outlook of the future directions in this emerging field.

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Fig. 1: Schematics of the generalized Snell’s law and acoustic metasurface.
Fig. 2: Acoustic-reflection-type metasurface.
Fig. 3: A metasurface-based Schroeder diffuser.
Fig. 4: Transmissive metasurfaces.
Fig. 5: Applications of transmissive metasurfaces.
Fig. 6: Absorbing metasurfaces.

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B.A. acknowledges support from the Institut Carnot ICEEL and from la Région Grand Est. B.L., J.-C.C. and Y.L. acknowledge support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 11634006 and No. 11704284). Y.W. acknowledges partial support from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No. OSR-2016-CRG5-2950 and KAUST Baseline Research Fund BAS/1/1626-01-01.

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  1. Institut Jean Lamour, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

    Badreddine Assouar

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

    Bin Liang & Jian-Chun Cheng

  3. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Ying Wu

  4. Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Yong Li

  5. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Yun Jing

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Assouar, B., Liang, B., Wu, Y. et al. Acoustic metasurfaces. Nat Rev Mater 3, 460–472 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-018-0061-4

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