Advances in Metasurface Materials: Design and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We kindly invite you to contribute to this Special Issue: Advances in Metasurface Materials: Design and Applications. Metasurfaces—planar arrays of subwavelength nanostructures—have emerged as a transformative platform for manipulating electromagnetic waves in unprecedented ways. Their compact form factor, design flexibility, and compatibility with semiconductor processing make them ideal candidates for a broad range of applications, from flat optics and imaging systems to polarization control, beam shaping, and holography. This Special Issue invites original research and comprehensive reviews that explore the frontiers of metasurface design, novel materials integration, fabrication techniques, and functional applications across the optical, infrared, terahertz, and microwave regimes. Particular emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary innovations that bridge fundamental physics, materials engineering, and device integration, aiming to address both theoretical advancements and real-world implementation challenges. We welcome contributions that highlight emerging directions such as tunable metasurfaces, topological photonics, quantum metasurfaces, and machine learning-assisted design frameworks. This collection seeks to serve as a timely resource for researchers working at the intersection of materials science, photonics, and device physics.

Dr. Dan Wang
Dr. Zhe Shi
Guest Editors

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