Published on April 9, 2024–Updated on April 9, 2024
Dates
on the May 28, 2024
Café : 15h
Séminaire: 15h15
Location
Institut de Physique de Nice
Animating metamaterials with topological solitons
Seminars of the Institut de Physique de Nice,
Abstract:
Controlling how waves propagate, attenuate and amplify in simple, scalable geometric structures is a daunting challenge for science and technology. In this talk I will demonstrate how quintessential nonlinear waves—topological solitons—can be generated and driven in mechanical metamaterials to achieve advanced on-demand tasks: non-commutative response, unidirectional wave guiding and filtering and robotic manipulation and locomotion. I will first show how non-orientable topology can guarantee the presence of solitons in a robust fashion; then that non-equilibrium phenomena such as viscoelastic dissipation and non-reciprocity can be used to drive solitons in unprecedented ways. In particular, we identify a novel mechanical to drive topological solitons by using non-reciprocity, which ensures that solitons and antisolitons are driven towards the same direction and enable "an endless domino effect" whereby trains of solitons and antisolitons can be continually be sent. Our work demonstrates that topological soliton allow to blur the boundary between materials and machines by reaching animate properties.
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