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Metamaterial

A metamaterial (from the Greek word μετά meta, meaning 'beyond' or 'after', and the Latin word materia, meaning 'matter' or 'material') is an engineered material whose properties arise not from the chemical composition of its base substances, but from their deliberately designed internal structure. These properties are often rare or absent in naturally…

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related to External links · 13
Metamaterial → Commercialising Metamaterials, Exeter, Impact Project Pathway, Innovation, Metamaterial Research, MetamaterialsCentre, MetamaterialsPwC Tech Translated, Physics, Rapid Technology Assessment, UK, UK Metamaterials NetworkUK Government, UKRI, University
related to history · 10
Metamaterial → AT, Bell Laboratories, Explorations, In, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Karl Ferdinand Lindman, Kock, Microwave, Some, Winston
related to Mechanical metamaterials · 9
Metamaterial → Acoustic, Inspiration, Mainstream, Mechanical, Poisson's, The, These, Three, While
related to Radar cross-section (RCS-)reducing metamaterials · 8
Metamaterial → Conventionally, Metamaterials, More, RAM, RCS, Snell's, This, While RAMs
related to Electromagnetic metamaterials · 7
Metamaterial → Bragg, Electromagnetic, It, Such, The, To, Unlike
related to Metamorphose · 7
Metamaterial → Artificial Electromagnetic Materials, European Industry, It, Metamaterials, Metamorphose VI AISBL, PhD, The Virtual Institute
related to Acoustic · 4
Metamaterial → Acoustic, As, By, Within
related to Cloaking devices · 4
Metamaterial → Metamaterials, No, October, The
related to Terahertz · 4
Metamaterial → EHF, Terahertz, This, THz
see also · 4
Metamaterial → Engineering ExplorationsMetasurfaceArtificial, Metamaterials HandbookMetamaterials, METATOY, Physics

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metamaterials materials electromagnetic properties negative mechanical material optical wave structures waves photonic research light index applications acoustic frequency also permittivity

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diffraction gratingsinstance ofPhotonic crystals and frequency-selective surfaces0.80text
dielectric mirrorsinstance ofPhotonic crystals and frequency-selective surfaces0.80text
optical coatings exhibit similarities to subwavelength structured metamaterialsinstance ofPhotonic crystals and frequency-selective surfaces0.80text
photonic crystals are effective in the visible light spectruminstance ofmaterial structures0.80text
negative mass density or modulusinstance ofwhere resonant or periodic architectures control both longitudinal and shear wave propagation through effective properties0.80text
aligned fibers or carbon nanotube arraysinstance ofand directional heat management using structures0.80text
bulk modulusinstance ofBy tailoring effective parameters0.80text
crushabilityinstance ofwith the added benefit of electrical tunability.Other typesStructuralStructural metamaterials are a type of mechanical metamaterial that provide properties0.80text
lightweight characteristicsinstance ofwith the added benefit of electrical tunability.Other typesStructuralStructural metamaterials are a type of mechanical metamaterial that provide properties0.80text
a negative refractive indexinstance ofexotic properties0.80text
create opportunities to tailor the phase matching conditions that must be satisfied in any nonlinear optical structureinstance ofexotic properties0.80text
can strongly modify the known nonlinear effectsinstance ofexotic properties0.80text

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