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

Metamaterial-based sensors, working in the GHz to THz range, allow for highly sensitive, label-free detection of biological samples. Functional Nanostructures and Metamaterials for...

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

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

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

Metamaterials that can learn and adapt their shape or move without a central controller.