A research team has uncovered a new topological principle for non-energy-conserving materials, demonstrating how internal…
Browsing: Metamaterials
Metamaterials are engineered materials designed to possess properties not found in naturally occurring materials, achieved through their unique structure rather than their composition. These materials are fabricated with precisely arranged patterns at microscopic or smaller scales to interact with electromagnetic waves, sound, and other physical phenomena in unconventional ways. The ability to control wave propagation through structural design enables metamaterials to exhibit negative refractive index, perfect absorption of light or sound, and cloaking effects. Applications of metamaterials are vast and diverse, ranging from creating advanced optics and improving acoustic devices to enhancing the effectiveness of antennas and contributing to the development of stealth technology. Their potential continues to expand as researchers discover new ways to manipulate physical laws through structural innovation.
A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have designed a new class of 3D-printed lattice structures…
New research has demonstrated how the nano-architecture of a silkworm’s fiber causes “Anderson localization of…
An international team consisting of Russian and German scientists has made a breakthrough in the…
A team of scientists have invented an ultra-thin invisibility cloak that can conform to the…
Physicists have created the first experimental wormhole that can connect two regions of space magnetically.…
A team of physicists has managed to make homogenous cylindrical objects completely invisible in the…
A newly published study details how “digital metamaterials” could help bring invisible cloaks closer to…
Researchers from UCLA have developed a terahertz modulator that performs across a wide range of…
Using metamaterials, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology developed a mechanical invisibility cloak that…
By combining supramolecules based on block copolymers with gold nanoparticles, Berkeley Lab researchers have created…
Researchers from Purdue University have created superlattices from layers of metal titanium nitride and aluminum…
By surrounding an object with small antennas that collectively radiate an electromagnetic field, engineers demonstrate…
Researchers from the University of Sidney have developed a metamaterial lens that has ten times…
By stacking nanoscale layers of silver and silicon nitride, scientists have fabricated a metamaterial that…
Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have constructed a micro-structured thermal cloak that molds…
By designing a broadband metamaterial that more than doubles the range of wavelengths of light…