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Metamaterials are artificial materials which have widely attracted research attention due to their ability of delivering unique features, and are expected to be critical in the field of photonics as well as mechanics. By artificially creating subwavelength patterned structures, optical metamaterials allow to control and manipulate light; potential applications in which these types of structure can be paramount are metalenses and cloaking devices. By engineering micron to submicron structures, mechanical metamaterials instead exhibit exceptional responses to applied forces; these can be essential for example to create solids that have behave like liquids and ultralight, low-density materials with extraordinary strength.

This Collection showcases original manuscripts reporting the latest advances in metamaterials, looking at optical as well as mechanical metamaterials. It spans from metamaterial growth and characterisation technologies to their use in exciting applications from energy harvesting to medical imaging.

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Mohsen Khalily, PhD, 5G and 6G Innovation Centres, Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey, UK

Mohsen Khalily currently serves as the Head of the Surface Electromagnetics Lab (SEMLAB) at the 5G and 5GIC & 6GIC, University of Surrey, UK. Dr Khalily has authored over 200 refereed journal and conference articles, focusing on areas such as Metasurface Engineering, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, and mmWave and Terahertz channel propagation. Dr Khalily has played a pivotal role in advancing the field of surface electromagnetics. His leadership extends to the Industry Specification Group (ISG) on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) within the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), where he serves as the Rapporteur for the work item on Implementation and Practical Considerations. Dr Khalily has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.

 

Shobha Shukla, PhD, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Shobha Shukla is Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. Professor Shukla is currently heading the water innovation center (WICTRE) at IIT Bombay. Her research interests are in the field of nanophotonics devices, water related technologies, metamaterials, and plasmonic devices. Prof Shukla has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2017.

 

Chung-Tse Michael Wu, PhD, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Chung-Tse Michael Wu is an Associate Professor at National Taiwan University. His research interests span applied electromagnetics, antennas, passive and active microwave and millimeter-wave components, MMIC, RF systems, and metamaterials. Dr Wu has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.