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声学双负超材料增透经颅超声

Enhanced transcranial ultrasound transmission using acoustic double-negative metamaterials

  • 摘要: 超声技术在脑疾病治疗与神经调控中具有非侵入性和精准聚焦的优势, 但颅骨的高声阻抗导致严重能量损耗与波前畸变, 制约了其经颅传输效率, 而传统优化手段仍难以突破这一物理瓶颈。为此, 基于变换声学理论设计了一种由氮化硅薄膜与亥姆霍兹谐振器耦合构成的功能型双负声学超材料, 在0.30~1.38 MHz频段内同时展现出等效的负密度与负体模量特性。理论分析与数值仿真结果表明, 该超材料在约1.0 MHz频率处能够有效抑制颅骨界面反射, 显著提升声波透射率。此外, 所构建的准一维超材料阵列在多种经颅聚焦场景下实现了稳定的单点聚焦、多点聚焦以及自加速波束控制, 验证了其在复杂声场调控中的潜在应用价值。

     

    Abstract: While ultrasonic technology offers advantages of non-invasiveness and precise focusing for brain disease treatment and neuromodulation, the high acoustic impedance of the skull causes significant energy loss and wavefront distortion, limiting its transcranial transmission efficiency, and conventional optimization approaches still struggle to overcome this physical limitation. To address this challenge, this study proposes a functional double-negative acoustic metamaterial, designed based on transformation acoustics theory, comprising coupled silicon nitride membranes and Helmholtz resonators. The metamaterial exhibits simultaneous negative effective density and negative bulk modulus in the frequency range of 0.30–1.38 MHz. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations reveal that the proposed metamaterial can effectively suppress acoustic reflections at the skull interface and significantly enhance transmission efficiency at around 1.0 MHz. Furthermore, a quasi-one-dimensional array composed of these unit cells demonstrates robust performance in various transcranial focusing scenarios, including single-point focusing, multi-point focusing, and self-accelerating beam formation, validating its potential application value in complex acoustic field manipulation.

     

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