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Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials
Metamaterials are composed of nanostructures, called artificial atoms, which can give metamaterials extraordinary properties that cannot be found in natural materials. The nanostructures themselves and their arrangements determine the metamaterials’ properties. However, a conventional metamaterial h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30715059 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi9110560 |
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author | Bang, Sanghun Kim, Jeonghyun Yoon, Gwanho Tanaka, Takuo Rho, Junsuk |
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description | Metamaterials are composed of nanostructures, called artificial atoms, which can give metamaterials extraordinary properties that cannot be found in natural materials. The nanostructures themselves and their arrangements determine the metamaterials’ properties. However, a conventional metamaterial has fixed properties in general, which limit their use. Thus, real-world applications of metamaterials require the development of tunability. This paper reviews studies that realized tunable and reconfigurable metamaterials that are categorized by the mechanisms that cause the change: inducing temperature changes, illuminating light, inducing mechanical deformation, and applying electromagnetic fields. We then provide the advantages and disadvantages of each mechanism and explain the results or effects of tuning. We also introduce studies that overcome the disadvantages or strengthen the advantages of each classified tunable metamaterial. |
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spelling | pubmed-62672852018-12-06 Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials Bang, Sanghun Kim, Jeonghyun Yoon, Gwanho Tanaka, Takuo Rho, Junsuk Micromachines (Basel) Review Metamaterials are composed of nanostructures, called artificial atoms, which can give metamaterials extraordinary properties that cannot be found in natural materials. The nanostructures themselves and their arrangements determine the metamaterials’ properties. However, a conventional metamaterial has fixed properties in general, which limit their use. Thus, real-world applications of metamaterials require the development of tunability. This paper reviews studies that realized tunable and reconfigurable metamaterials that are categorized by the mechanisms that cause the change: inducing temperature changes, illuminating light, inducing mechanical deformation, and applying electromagnetic fields. We then provide the advantages and disadvantages of each mechanism and explain the results or effects of tuning. We also introduce studies that overcome the disadvantages or strengthen the advantages of each classified tunable metamaterial. MDPI 2018-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6267285/ /pubmed/30715059 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi9110560 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Bang, Sanghun Kim, Jeonghyun Yoon, Gwanho Tanaka, Takuo Rho, Junsuk Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials |
title | Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials |
title_full | Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials |
title_fullStr | Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials |
title_full_unstemmed | Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials |
title_short | Recent Advances in Tunable and Reconfigurable Metamaterials |
title_sort | recent advances in tunable and reconfigurable metamaterials |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30715059 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi9110560 |
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