Reflector‐Free, Highly Confined Love‐Like SAWs Enabled by a Phononic Metasurface for Real‐Time Monitoring of Cell Dynamics
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices are widely used in sensing and biosensing but generally suffer from strong attenuation in liquid environments. Conventional approaches rely on reflectors to reduce these losses, yet these components remain difficult to optimize: limited device miniaturization and increased fabrication complexity. Here, we introduce an innovative design strategy that integrates a phononic metasurface with tailored electromechanical properties of the substrate to generate a type of shear‐horizontal (SH) surface resonance modes that exhibit strong lateral confinement and extremely low radiation into both the substrate bulk and the free surface, eliminating the need for reflectors. This approach enables highly tailorable surface acoustic resonances with distinctive enhanced dynamic strain‐energy confinement leading to significantly high‐quality factors, particularly in water‐loaded conditions. We show the fabrication and experimental validation of the proposed phononic metasurface‐based SAW resonator and showcase its biosensing capabilities through real‐time monitoring of cellular death.
Source: Advanced Functional Materials
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.78711
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, Institut Universitaire de France, Université de Sherbrooke, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, Université Grenoble Alpes
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7157150835
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