Advances in Metamaterials: Structure, Properties and Applications—Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Metamaterials are artificial engineered structures that can control wave propagation in a way that cannot be achieved in nature. Metasurfaces, as a two-dimensional equivalent, can control the amplitude, phase and polarization of the wave in a planar way. They were first conceived for electromagnetic waves, but have also found applications in the field of acoustic and elastic waves. The past decade of research has delivered many advances in subwavelength resolution imaging, invisibility cloaks, holography, abnormal deflection and reflection, metalenses, and new antennas, amongst other areas. This Special Issue aims to gather recent advances, as well as ongoing challenges, in metamaterials and metasurfaces, in terms of structure designs, desirable properties and practical applications.

It is our great pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications and reviews are all welcomed on themes including, but not limited to, the following:

• Novel metamaterial/metasurface design;
• Reconfigurable metamaterial/metasurface;
• Intelligent metamaterial/metasurface;
• Acoustic and elastic metamaterial/metasurface;
• Metaantennas and metalenses;
• Transformation optics and invisibility cloaks;
• Absorbers and frequency selective surfaces;
• Plasmonics and surface waves;
• Multifunctional metadevices;
• Orbital angular momentum.

Dr. Bin Zheng
Dr. Ting Zhang
Guest Editors

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