This initial Active Metamaterials showcase event aims to bring the UK experts from academia and industry together for an overview of ongoing work in the area of active, reconfigurable and programmable metamaterials and metasurfaces, covering the optical, microwave/RF and mechanical domains.

Our 8 guest speakers will give insights into their research through 5 min lightning talks followed by Q&A and discussion time during this 1h30 session.

The discussions will focus on identifying targeted topics of discussions (hot topics/challenges) for further events and building collaborations in the field.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:05 Welcome by SIG leads (Simon Pope, University of Sheffield; Diane Roth, King’s College London)

10:05 - 10:35 Electromagnetic metamaterials

● Sebastian Schulz (University of St Andrews) – Nonlinear metasurfaces based on epsilon-near-zero materials

● Joe Shields (University of Exeter) - Phase change materials based active metasurfaces

● Shohreh Nourinovin (Queen Mary University of London) – Terahertz metamaterials for sensing purposes

● Kevin MacDonald (University of Southampton) – Metamaterial nanomachines

10:35 - 10:50 Industry talks

● Irina Khromova (Metaboards) – Wireless power for NFC-capable devices

10:50 - 11:15 Mechanical metamaterials

● Anton Souslov (University of Bath) – Active Mechanical metamaterials

● Stefan Szyniszewski (University of Durham) – Programming shock wave propagation and energy absorption under extreme loads through the use of non-linear mechanics + Harnessing energy and movement of cutting tools to create a non-cuttable metamaterial

● Joe Tan (University of Southampton) – Direct control of the effective material properties to realise broadband negativity using active acoustic sources

11:15 - 11:30 Discussion, next steps and close

● Discussions around challenges, opportunities and solutions

The event is hosted by the UK Metamaterials Network and chaired by Simon Pope (University of Sheffield) and Diane Roth (King’s College London). The target audience are scientists in academia and industry at all career stages.

Register for free by Thursday 2nd December

Please contact info@metamaterials.network if there are any further questions.