Functional Nanostructures And Metamaterials For... Apr 2026

Mechanically responsive metamaterials allow for tunable stiffness, negative Poisson’s ratio, and shape-adaptive structures for soft robotics. Fabrication & Design Approaches

Techniques like electron-beam lithography, photolithography, and advanced 3D manufacturing allow for the creation of intricate, periodic, or quasi-periodic nanostructure arrays.

Functional nanostructures using antagonistic materials (e.g., ferromagnets/superconductors) are fundamental to developing new superconducting spin-valves, SQUIDs, and memory elements (MRAM). Functional Nanostructures and Metamaterials for...

Novel nanostructures enable selective thermal emitters, high-efficiency solar energy harvesting, and efficient thermophotovoltaics.

Programmable metamaterials that can actively change their functionality in real-time, bridging digital algorithms with physical electromagnetic responses. Emerging Frontiers To help narrow this down,g

Using biological building blocks, such as M13 viruses, to self-assemble complex 3D structures that are then replicated into inorganic, functional materials. Emerging Frontiers

To help narrow this down,g., medical sensing, solar energy)? designed at the micro- to nanoscale

Functional nanostructures and metamaterials are engineered, artificial systems designed with subwavelength structures to manipulate light, sound, heat, and electromagnetic waves in ways not possible with natural materials. These architectures, designed at the micro- to nanoscale, exhibit extraordinary properties like negative refraction, cloaking, and high-sensitivity sensing.