title: A tunable acoustic metamaterial with double-negativity driven by electromagnets.
abstract: With the advance of the research on acoustic metamaterials, the limits of passive metamaterials have been observed, which prompts the studies concerning actively tunable metamaterials with adjustable characteristic frequency bands. In this work, we present a tunable acoustic metamaterial with double-negativity composed of periodical membranes and side holes, in which the double-negativity pass band can be controlled by an external direct-current voltage. The tension and stiffness of the periodically arranged membranes are actively controlled by electromagnets producing additional stresses, and thus, the transmission and phase velocity of the metamaterial can be adjusted by the driving voltage of the electromagnets. It is demonstrated that a tiny direct-current voltage of 6V can arise a shift of double-negativity pass band by 40% bandwidth, which exhibits that it is an easily controlled and highly tunable acoustic metamaterial, and furthermore, the metamaterial marginally causes electromagnetic interference to the surroundings.
authors.affiliation: Lab of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Lab of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Lab of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Lab of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shu-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Lab of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Lab of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Lab of Modern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding