<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Researchers at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet have created an acoustic rainbow structure that decomposes sound into its component frequencies in free space.</li><li>This structure, mimicking optical rainbows, could enable the design of devices tailored to emit or receive specific frequencies of sound.</li><li>The breakthrough was achieved using computational morphogenesis and topology optimization techniques, allowing for the creation of complex sound-scattering structures.</li><li>This advancement opens up possibilities for developing new acoustic materials, lenses, and complex spatio-spectral sound field control in the future.</li></ul>

Acoustic rainbows emerge from novel sound-scattering structure

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