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. 2023 Feb 16;14:869. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36581-2

Fig. 1. Rapid and on-demand transdermal drug delivery driven by active acoustic metamaterials for timely managing acute disease.

Fig. 1

a Schematics of the rapid and programmable transdermal drug delivery for timely controlling pharmacokinetics and managing the acute disease by an active acoustic metamaterial patch. b A presentative image of an acoustic metamaterial patch. c The calculated transmission curve of the designed acoustic metamaterials. Top view of the simulated acoustic field (d) and acoustic streaming field (e) above the metamaterial structures. f Sideview of overlapped simulated acoustic and streaming fields above one metamaterial structure.