Issue 18, 2011

Metamaterials: constitutive parameters, performance, and chemical methods for realization

Abstract

Electromagnetic metamaterials are artificial materials composed of subwavelength structures to provide unusual effective macroscopic behavior not found in nature. These materials are characterized by constitutive relations which contain a maximum of 36 complex constitutive parameters. With different combinations of positive and negative parameters in the constitutive tensors, striking phenomena and novel applications were discovered. In this Feature Article, I briefly review the experimental progress in the metamaterial, focusing on their constitutive parameters and material performance, e.g. the bandwidth, the loss, and the electrical size with respect to the operating wavelength, etc. The two fabrication approaches: the structure approach that is widely used to construct periodic metamaterial structures, and the chemical approach that is very promising in constructing nano-scaled metamaterial with randomized patterns, are discussed. The practical potential of this field and the possible challenging future work are pointed out in the conclusion.

Graphical abstract: Metamaterials: constitutive parameters, performance, and chemical methods for realization

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
19 Sep 2010
Accepted
16 Feb 2011
First published
14 Mar 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 6452-6463

Metamaterials: constitutive parameters, performance, and chemical methods for realization

H. Chen, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 6452 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03138K

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