metamaterials

A cheaper, lighter, more efficient antenna

By / February 7, 2011

Credit: Penn State Isn’t there a law or something that prohibits using metamaterials for something other than invisibility cloaks?* According to Douglas H. Werner, professor of electrical engineering at Penn…

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Metamaterial discovery could improve light collection for solar cells

By / April 28, 2010

Caltech researchers, led by Harry Atwater, have engineered a type of metamaterial that allows it to bend light in part of the visible spectrum from nearly any angle toward an…

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Video of the week – Two approaches to cloaking

By / January 21, 2009

Several research teams are actively pursuing cloaking/invisibility concepts. One of the prominent groups is at Duke University and the other is at University of California, Berkeley. The Berkeley team uses…

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