PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

 

(† corresponding author(s); § equal contribution.)

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[53] Hongkuan Zhang§, Qiyuan Wang§, Mathias Fink, Guancong Ma†, “Optimizing Multi-User Indoor Sound Communications with Acoustic Reconfigurable Metasurfaces,” Nature Communications 15, 1270 (2024). [link]

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[52] Yi Yang†, Biao Yang†, Guancong Ma†, Jensen Li, Shuang Zhang, C. T. Chan, “Non-Abelian Physics in Light and Sound,” Science 383, eadf9621 (2024). [link]

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[51] Xiaohan Cui, Ruo-Yang Zhang†, Xulong Wang, Wei Wang, Guancong Ma†, C. T. Chan†, “Experimental Realization of Stable Exceptional Chains Protected by Non-Hermitian Latent Symmetries Unique to Mechanical Systems,” Physical Review Letters 131, 237201 (2023). [link]

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[50] Qiuchen Yan§, Zhihao Wang§, Dongyi Wang§, Rui Ma, Cuicui Lu†, Guancong Ma†, Xiaoyong Hu†, Qihuang Gong, “Non-Abelian Gauge Field in Optics,” Advances in Optics and Photonics 15, 907–976 (2023). [link]

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[49] Wei Wang§, Mengying Hu§, Xulong Wang, Guancong Ma†, Kun Ding†, “Experimental Realization of Geometry-Dependent Skin Effect in a Reciprocal Two-Dimensional Lattice,” Physical Review Letters 131, 207201 (2023). [link]

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[48] Xulong Wang, Wei Wang, Guancong Ma†, “Extended Topological Mode in a One-Dimensional Non-Hermitian Acoustic Crystal,” AAPPS Bulletin 33, 23 (2023). [link]

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[47] Dongyi Wang§, Yuanchen Deng§, Jun Ji, Mourad Oudich, Wladimir A. Benalcazar†, Guancong Ma†, Yun Jing†, “Realization of a Z-Classified Chiral-Symmetric Higher-Order Topological Insulator in a Coupling-Inverted Acoustic Crystal,” Physical Review Letters 131, 157201 (2023). [link] (Editors' Suggestion)

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[46] Weiyuan Tang, Kun Ding†, Guancong Ma†, “Realization and Topological Properties of Third-Order Exceptional Lines Embedded in Exceptional Surfaces,” Nature Communications 14, 6660 (2023). [link]

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[45] Zhen Li, Kun Ding†, Guancong Ma†, "Eigenvalue Knots and Their Isotopic Equivalence in Three-State Non-Hermitian Systems," Physical Review Research 5, 023038 (2023). [link]

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[44]Qiyuan Wang, Mathais Fink†, Guancong Ma†,  "Maximizing Focus Quality Through Random Media with Discrete-Phase-Sampling Lenses," Physical Review Applied 19, 034084 (2023). [link]

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[43] Wei Wang§, Xulong Wang§, Guancong Ma†, "Extended State in a Localized Continuum," Physical Review Letters 129, 264301 (2022). [link]

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[42] Kun Ding†, Chen Fang†, Guancong Ma†, "Non-Hermitian Topology and Exceptional-Point Geometries," Nature Reviews Physics 4, 745–760 (2022). [link] (Journal Cover of Nature Reviews Physics.)

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[41] Wei Wang§, Xulong Wang§, Guancong Ma†, "Non-Hermitian Morphing of Topological Modes," Nature 608, 50–55 (2022). [link]

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[40] Jing-jing Liu, Zheng-wei Li, Ze-Guo Chen, Weiyuan Tang, An Chen, Bin Liang†, Guancong Ma†, Jian-Chun Cheng†, “Experimental Realization of Weyl Exceptional Rings in a Synthetic Three-Dimensional Non-Hermitian Phononic Crystal,” Physical Review Letters 129, 084301 (2022). ​[link] (Editors' Suggestion)

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[39] Yuanchen Deng, Wladimir A. Benalcazar†, Ze-Guo Chen, Mourad Oudich, Guancong Ma†, Yun Jing†, "Observation of Degenerate Zero-Energy Topological States at Disclinations in an Acoustic Lattice," Physical Review Letters 128, 174301 (2022). [link] (Editors' Suggestion and Synopsis in Physics.)​

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[38] Xu-Lin Zhang†, Feng Yu, Ze-Guo Chen, Zhen-Nan Tian†, Qi-Dai Chen, Hong-Bo Sun†, Guancong Ma†, "Non-Abelian Brading on Photonic Chips," Nature Photonics 16, 390 (2022). [link] (Highlight: News and Views in Nature Photonics.)

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[37] Tuo Liu, Shuowei An, Zhongming Gu, Shanjun Liang, He Gao, Guancong Ma, Jie Zhu†, "Chirality-Switchable Acoustic Vortex Emission via Non-Hermitian Selective Excitation at an Exceptional Point," Science Bulletin 67, 1131–1136 (2022). [link]

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[36] Qiyuan Wang, Philipp del Hougne, and Guancong Ma†, "Controlling the Spatiotemporal Response of Transient Reverberating Sound," Physical Review Applied 17, 044007 (2022). [link]

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[35] Weiyuan Tang, Kun Ding†, Guancong Ma†, "Experimental Realization of Non-Abelian Permutations in a Three-State Non-Hermitian System," National Science Review 11, nwac010 (2022). [link]

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[34] Ze-Guo Chen, Ruo-Yang Zhang, C. T. Chan, Guancong Ma†, "Classical Non-Abelian Brading of Acoustic Modes," Nature Physics 18, 179–184 (2022). [link] (Highlighted: News and Views in Nature Physics.)

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[33] Wei Wang, Ze-Guo Chen, Guancong Ma†, "Synthetic Three-Dimensional ℤ×ℤ2 Topological Insulator in an Elastic Metacrystal," Physical Review Letters 127, 214302 (2021). [link]

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[32] Shubo Wang†, Guanqing Zhang, Xulong Wang, Qing Tong, Jensen Li, Guancong Ma†, “Spin-Orbit Interactions of Transverse Sound,” Nature Communications 12, 6125 (2021). [link]

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[31] Xiao Li§, Shiqiao Wu§, Guanqing Zhang, Wanzhu Cai, Jack Ng, Guancong Ma†, "Measurement of Corner-Mode Coupling in Acoustic Higher-Order Topological Insulators," Frontiers in Physics 9, 770589 (2021). [link]

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[30] Wei Wang, Yang Tan, Bin Liang†, Guancong Ma, Shubo Wang, Jian-Chun Cheng, “Generalized Momentum Conservation and Fedorov-Imbert Linear Shift of Acoustic Vortex Beams at a Metasurface,” Physical Review B 104, 174301 (2021). [link]

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[29] Hongchen Chu, Ze-Guo Chen†, Yun Lai†, Guancong Ma†, “Wave Steering by Relaying Interface States in a Valley-Hall-Derived Photonic Superlattice,” Physical Review Applied 16, 044006 (2021). [link]

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[28] Xiao Li, Pengqi Li, Ming-Hui Lu, Mathias Fink†, Guancong Ma†, "Negative Transient Flux in the Near Field of a Subwavelength Source," Physical Review Applied 16, L011004 (2021). [link]

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[27] Weiyuan Tang, Kun Ding†, Guancong Ma†, "Direct Measurement of Topological Properties of an Exceptional Parabola," Physical Review Letters 127, 034301 (2021).[link]

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[26] Changqing Xu, Ze-Guo Chen, Guanqing Zhang, Guancong Ma†, Ying Wu†, "Multi-Dimensional Wave Steering with Higher-Order Topological Phononic Crystal," Science Bulletin  66, 1740–1745 (2021). [link] 

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[25] Ze-Guo Chen, Weiyuan Tang, Ruo-Yang Zhang, Zhaoxian Chen, Guancong Ma†, "Landau-Zener Transition in the Dynamic Transfer of Acoustic Topological States," Physical Review Letters 126, 054301 (2021). [link]

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[24] Ze-Guo Chen, Weiwei Zhu, Yang Tan, Licheng Wang, Guancong Ma†, "Acoustic Realization of a Four-Dimensional Higher-Order Chern Insulator and Boundary-Modes Engineering," Physical Review X 11, 011016 (2021). [link]

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[23] Weiyuan Tang, Xue Jiang, Kun Ding†, Yi-Xin Xiao, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan, Guancong Ma†, "Exceptional Nexus with a Hybrid Topological Invariant," Science 370, 1077 (2020). [link]

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[22] Ze-Guo Chen, Licheng Wang, Guanqing Zhang, Guancong Ma†, "Chiral Symmetry Breaking of Tight-Binding Models in Coupled Acoustic-Cavity Systems," Physical Review Applied 14, 024023 (2020). [link]

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[21] Tuo Liu, Guancong Ma, Shanjun Liang, He Gao, Zhongming Gu, Shuowei An, Jie Zhu†, “Single-Sided Acoustic Beam Splitting Based on Parity-Time Symmetry,” Physical Review B 102, 014306 (2020). [link]

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[20] Weiwei Zhu, Guancong Ma†, "Distinguishing Topological Corner Modes in Higher-Order Topological Insulators of Finite Size," Physical Review B 101, 161301(R) (2020). [link]

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[19] Changqing Xu, Guancong Ma†, Ze-Guo Chen, Jie Luo, Jinjie Shi, Yun Lai†, Ying Wu†, "Three-Dimensional Acoustic Double-Zero-Index Medium with a Fourfold Degenerate Dirac-like Point," Physical Review Letters 124, 074501 (2020). [link]

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[18] Guancong Ma†§, Meng Xiao§†, C. T. Chan†, "Topological Phases in Acoustic and Mechanical Systems," Nature Reviews Physics 1, 281–294 (2019). [link] (Review article)

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Before joining HKBU

 

[17] Kun Ding, Guancong Ma†, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan†, “Experimental Demonstration of an Anisotropic Exceptional Point,” Physical Review Letters 121, 085702 (2018). [link]

 

[16] Guancong Ma†§, Xiying Fan§, Ping Sheng†, Mathias Fink†, "Shaping Reverberating Sound Fields with an Actively Tunable Metasurface," PNAS 115, 6638 (2018). [link] (Featured in Physics Today)

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[15] Guancong Ma†§, Xiying Fan§, Fuyin Ma, Ping Sheng†, Mathias Fink†, "Towards Anti-Causal Green’s Function for Three-Dimensional Sub-Diffraction Focusing," Nature Physics 14, 608–612 (2018). [link]

 

[14] Shubo Wang§, Guancong Ma§, C. T. Chan†, "Topological Transport of Sound Mediated by Spin-Redirection Geometric Phase," Science Advances 4, eeaq1475 (2018). [link]

 

[13] Yi-Xin Xiao§, Guancong Ma§, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan†, "Topological Subspace-Induced Bound State in the Continuum," Physical Review Letters 118, 166803 (2017). [link] (Editors’ Suggestion)

 

[12] Guancong Ma†§, Caixing Fu§, Guanghao Wang, Philipp del Hougne, Johan Christensen, Yun Lai†, Ping Sheng, “Polarization Bandgaps and Fluid-like Elasticity in Fully Solid Elastic Metamaterials,” Nature Communications 7, 13536 (2016). [link]

 

[11] Kun Ding§, Guancong Ma§, Meng Xiao, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan†, “Emergence, Coalescence, and Topological Properties of Multiple Exceptional Points and Their Experimental Realization,” Physical Review X  6, 021007 (2016). [link]

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[10] Guancong Ma†, Ping Sheng†, “Acoustic Metamaterials: From Local Resonances to Broad Horizons,” Science Advances 2, e1501595 (2016). [link] (Review article)

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[9]   Min Yang, Guancong Ma, Zhiyu Yang, Ping Sheng†, “Subwavelength Perfect Acoustic Absorption in Membrane-type Metamaterials: A Geometric Perspective,” EPJ Applied Metamaterials 2, 10 (2015). [link]

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[8]   Meng Xiao§, Guancong Ma§, Zhiyu Yang, Ping Sheng, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan, “Geometric Phase and Band Inversion in Periodic Acoustic Systems,” Nature Physics 11, 240–244 (2015). [link] (Featured: News and Views in Nature Physics.)

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[7]   Songwen Xiao, Guancong Ma, Yong Li, Zhiyu Yang†, Ping Sheng, “Active Control of Membrane-type Acoustic Metamaterial by Electric Field,” Applied Physical Letters 106, 091904 (2015). [link]

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[6]   Guancong Ma§, Min Yang§, Songwen Xiao, Zhiyu Yang, Ping Sheng†, “Acoustic Metasurface with Hybrid Resonances,” Nature Materials 13, 873–878 (2014). [link] (Featured: News and Views in Nature Materials.)

 

[5]   Min Yang, Guancong Ma, Ying Wu, Zhiyu Yang, Ping Sheng†, “Homogenization Scheme for Acoustic Metamaterials,” Physical Review B 89, 064309 (2014). [link]

 

[4]   Guancong Ma†, Min Yang, Zhiyu Yang†, Ping Sheng, “Low-frequency Narrow-band Acoustic Filter with Large Orifice,” Applied Physics Letters 103, 011903 (2013). [link]

 

[3]   Min Yang§, Guancong Ma§, Zhiyu Yang, Ping Sheng†, “Coupled Membranes with Doubly Negative Mass Density and Bulk Modulus,” Physical Review Letters 110, 134301 (2013). [link]

 

[2]   Jun Mei§, Guancong Ma§, Min Yang, Zhiyu Yang, Weijia Wen, Ping Sheng†, “Dark Acoustic Metamaterials as Super Absorbers for Low-frequency Sound,” Nature Communications 3, 756 (2012). [link]

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[1]   Zhiyu Yang†, Hin Man Dai, Ngo-Hin Chan, Guancong Ma, Ping Sheng, “Acoustic Metamaterial Panels for Sound Attenuation in the 50–1000 Hz Regime,” Applied Physics Letters 96, 041906 (2010). [link]