Abstract: Otitis media is the most common infectious disease in young children, which results in changes in the thickness and mechanical properties of the tympanic membrane (TM) and induces hearing loss. However, there are no published ...

Abstract: A new phononic crystal with the graded supercell configuration is proposed to broaden the Bragg scattering band gaps. The graded structural design can merge adjacent multiple band gaps into an extremely broad one. The ...