Micro/Nanostructured Polymeric Metamaterials

Abstract

Metamaterials are artificially designed and engineered materials to capture the human imagination. Based on mathematical and physicochemical knowledge, manifold metamaterials have been designed with sophisticated polymeric micro/nanostructures. In general, metamaterial design is accomplished by employing micro/nanoscale unit cells that bring out effective media for complex material properties. The metamaterials have been produced as practical devices and have embodied unprecedented phenomena that do not follow the laws of nature. In this dissertation, three classes of metamaterials are proposed by strategic design, numerical analysis, chemical synthesis, fabrication, and experimental characterizations