Fundamental and Applications of Metamaterials

1 Unit · Graduate

Metamaterials are artificially engineered structures designed to achieve physical properties and functionalities beyond those found in naturally occurring materials. By tailoring the geometry and interactions of subwavelength building blocks, metamaterials enable unprecedented control over the constitutive electromagnetic, acoustic, and mechanical properties, leading to phenomena such as invisibility cloaking, super-resolution imaging, and programmable mechanical responses.​ This introductory course covers the fundamentals of optical, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials, including their physical principles, micro and nanofabrication methods, and emerging applications. Topics include metasurfaces, plasmonics, acoustic cloaking, elastic wave manipulation, topological metamaterials, and architected mechanical materials for wave control, sensing, and energy applications.​