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Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University

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From a digital over-and-under yarn pattern to a multilayer woven sound absorber. The yarn arrangement shapes microscopic airflow, causing sound energy to be lost through friction and heat.

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Thanasak Wanglomklang et al.

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