A variety of multidispersive, localized, or extended in frequency, bands, induced by inductance-based external electric circuits piezoelectric phononic plates, is studied both theoretically and experimentally this work. Their origin, tightly related to an equivalent LC-circuit behavior, analyzed detail their interaction with the Lamb-like guided modes plate also discussed. These easily tuned ch...

Recent works done by nano-engineers and nano-sciences about mechanical behavior of nano-plates including bending, buckling and vibration response were reviewed. The authors used non-classical elasticity theories to explain these behaviors of plate structures. Some of them employed Hamilton’s principle along with stain gradient theory, nonlocal theory, surface theory and couple stress theory to ...

We have studied spontaneous imbibition fronts generated by capillary rise between two roughened glass plates, the separation d of which varied between 10 and 50 microm. Perfect agreement with Washburn's law was obtained. We have determined the roughness exponent chi of the fronts, and found chi=0.81+/-0.01 for small length scales. Above a certain crossover length xi, it reached chi=0.58+/-0.04,...