A new wrinkle in the control of waves: Flexible materials could provide new ways to control sound and light
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 12:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Flexible, layered materials textured with nanoscale wrinkles could provide a new way of controlling the wavelengths and distribution of waves, whether of sound or light. The new method, developed by researchers at MIT, could eventually find applications from nondestructive testing of materials to sound suppression, and could also provide new insights into soft biological systems and possibly lead to new diagnostic tools.