Nonlinear conduction via solitons in a topological mechanical insulator

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 13004-13009

  Chen, Bryan Gin Ge ^a   Upadhyaya, Nitin ^a   Vitelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active matter; Isostaticity; Jamming; Origami; Topological matter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHONON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS;

EID: 84906990881     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405969111     Document Type: Article

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