Bandgap Emerges (VIDEO)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Caption

Transient response of dynamic self-assembly. Top portion shows the position of the particles (blue) while they self-assemble in response to sound that is incident from the left (red arrow). Bottom portion shows the time response of the transmission spectrum of the system (blue), which is compared to theoretical spectrum (black). The red line denotes the wavelength of the monotone input sound.

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Credit: Chad Ropp/Berkeley Lab

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