Electromagnetics with Graphene and 2D Materials: Physics, Applications and Meta-Devices

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D:Materials and Processing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 4604

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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: graphene; photonics; metasurfaces; propagation; nonlinear optics; scattering

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Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, GR-11635 Athens, Greece
Interests: metasurfaces; photonics; nonlinear optics; graphene; 2D materials; plasmonics

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Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), Home of the 5G and 6G Innovation Centres (5G/6GIC), University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Interests: RIS; graphene; wireless communications; metamaterials

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Dear Colleagues,

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first (re)discovery of graphene by Geim and Novoselov. In recent decades, considerable progress has been made in developing a deeper understanding of its properties and towards its deployment in real-world electromagnetic applications, covering frequencies from microwaves to the visible spectrum. In parallel, the success of graphene has generated immense research interest in a broad range of two-dimensional, ultrathin, and composite/structured materials. 

This Special Issue seeks to conduct a holistic exploration of the physics, engineering principles, and technologies associated with disruptive 2D materials for advancing electromagnetic components, devices, and microsystems. These technologies cover both guided-wave and free-space light–matter interactions, extend across a wide frequency range (from microwaves and mmWaves to THz and optical), and employ graphene and/or emerging 2D materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides, MXenes, black phosphorus, etc. Accordingly, this Special Issue will showcase research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on the analysis, the design, and proof-of-concept demonstrations of future micro/nano devices, metasurfaces, and system architectures that integrate established technologies with graphene and 2D materials.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Dr. Alexandros Pitilakis
Dr. Odysseas Tsilipakos
Dr. Hamidreza Taghvaee
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Keywords

  • graphene
  • two-dimensional materials (TMDs, MXenes, black phosphorous, etc.)
  • metasurfaces
  • optics and photonics
  • THz science
  • mmWave technology
  • optoelectronics
  • electro-optics
  • reconfigurable devices
  • electronics
  • energy harvesting
  • space/time-varying structures
  • nonlinear phenomena
  • light sources
  • topological photonics
  • quantum photonics
  • waveguides
  • antennas

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Multitasking Integrated Metasurface for Electromagnetic Wave Modulation with Reflection, Transmission, and Absorption
by Jiayun Wang, Yuanyuan Niu, Qiang Zhao, Yuxue Shang and Yuanhui Wang
Micromachines 2024, 15(8), 965; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15080965 - 28 Jul 2024
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Abstract
Accommodating multiple tasks within a tiny metasurface unit cell without them interfering with each other is a significant challenge. In this paper, an electromagnetic (EM) wave modulation metasurface capable of reflection, transmission, and absorption is proposed. This multitasking capability is achieved through a [...] Read more.
Accommodating multiple tasks within a tiny metasurface unit cell without them interfering with each other is a significant challenge. In this paper, an electromagnetic (EM) wave modulation metasurface capable of reflection, transmission, and absorption is proposed. This multitasking capability is achieved through a cleverly designed multi-layer structure comprising an EM Wave Shield Layer (ESL), a Polarization Modulation Layer (PML), and a Bottom Plate Layer (BPL). The functionality can be arbitrarily switched by embedding control materials within the structure. Depending on external excitation conditions, the proposed metasurface can realize reflection-type co-planar polarization to cross-polarization conversion, transmission-type electromagnetically induced transparency-like (EIT-like) modes, and broadband absorption. Notably, all tasks operate approximately within the same operating frequency band, and their performance can be regulated by the intensity of external excitation. Additionally, the operating principle of the metasurface is analyzed through impedance matching, an oscillator coupling model, and surface current distribution. This metasurface design offers a strategy for integrated devices with multiple functionalities. Full article
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