New frontiers in metamaterials research: Novel electronic materials and inhomogeneous metasurfaces

Abstract

In reviewing some recent work in metamaterials, we highlight two exciting new frontiers just emerging in this field–metamaterials made by new electronic materials (particularly graphene) and inhomogeneous metasurfaces to control light wave-fronts.

Keywords

metamaterial / new electronic material / graphene / inhomogeneous metasurfaces / wavefront control

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