Temperature controlled quasi-zero-stiffness metamaterial beam for broad-range low-frequency band tuning

•A temperature-controlled quasi-zero-stiffness (TC-QZS) metamaterial beam is devised.•The stiffness of the TC-QZS resonator can be obviously adjusted by temperature.•The TC-QZS metamaterial can open a band gap in very low frequency range.•The TC-QZS metamaterial allows for broad-range band gap tuning at low frequencies.