4 papers
Mechanochemical feedback drives complex inertial dynamics in active solids
Siddhartha Sarkar, Biswarup Ash, Yueyang Wu +3
Active solids combine internal active driving with elasticity to realize states with nonequilibrium mechanics and autonomous motion. They are often studied in overdamped settings,…
Computational inverse design of acoustoplasmonic metasurfaces
Julia E. Holland, Nicholas Boechler, Lisa V. Poulikakos
Optical and acoustic metasurfaces are two-dimensional arrays of subwavelength elements that locally modulate or phase shift incident waves. Acoustoplasmonic metasurfaces combine th…
Electric-Field-Controlled Chemical Reaction via Piezo-Chemistry Creates Programmable Material Stiffness
Jun Wang, Zhao Wang, Jorge Ayarza +12
The spatial and temporal control of material properties at a distance has yielded many unique innovations including photo-patterning, 3D-printing, and architected material design.…
Observation of mechanical kink control and generation via phonons
Kai Qian, Nan Cheng, Francesco Serafin +4
Kinks (or domain walls) are localized transitions between distinct ground states associated with a topological invariant, and are central to many phenomena across physics, from con…