Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical Applications

Mechanical metamaterials are specially designed materials that exhibit unconventional mechanical properties due to their precisely designed microarchitectures and inherent material characteristics. Recent developments have made it possible to create active, tunable, and reconfigurable metamaterials...

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Main Authors: Tamara Z. Fadhil, Ameer A. Kareim Al-Sahlawi
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Language:English
Published: Al-Iraqia University - College of Engineering 2025-06-01
Series:Al-Iraqia Journal for Scientific Engineering Research
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Online Access:https://ijser.aliraqia.edu.iq/index.php/ijser/article/view/320
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description Mechanical metamaterials are specially designed materials that exhibit unconventional mechanical properties due to their precisely designed microarchitectures and inherent material characteristics. Recent developments have made it possible to create active, tunable, and reconfigurable metamaterials, which provide dynamic control over electromagnetic behavior and offer significant advantages over conventional static systems. In this paper, tuning mechanisms such as circuit-based, geometric, material-driven, and active control mechanisms are comprehensively discussed. It extends to their application in a number of devices, including antennas, filters, imaging devices, and sensors. Although these technologies have a great deal of promise, challenges exist, specifically with respect to fabrication complexity and limited tunability. Continuous breakthroughs in materials science and device engineering will be essential to developing these metamaterials from concepts in the lab to practical, real-world applications. The main contribution of this review is to give a systematic overview of the most recent tuning mechanisms for active metamaterials, while also highlighting the integration of artificial intelligence as a transformative approach for future design and optimization.
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spelling doaj-art-a9337ea47c3a4f20b678a8ee42df1c482025-08-20T02:42:48ZengAl-Iraqia University - College of EngineeringAl-Iraqia Journal for Scientific Engineering Research2710-21652025-06-014210.58564/IJSER.4.2.2025.317Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical ApplicationsTamara Z. Fadhil 0Ameer A. Kareim Al-Sahlawi1Engineering College, University of Information Technology and Communications, Iraq / Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), MalaysiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa, Iraq / Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia Mechanical metamaterials are specially designed materials that exhibit unconventional mechanical properties due to their precisely designed microarchitectures and inherent material characteristics. Recent developments have made it possible to create active, tunable, and reconfigurable metamaterials, which provide dynamic control over electromagnetic behavior and offer significant advantages over conventional static systems. In this paper, tuning mechanisms such as circuit-based, geometric, material-driven, and active control mechanisms are comprehensively discussed. It extends to their application in a number of devices, including antennas, filters, imaging devices, and sensors. Although these technologies have a great deal of promise, challenges exist, specifically with respect to fabrication complexity and limited tunability. Continuous breakthroughs in materials science and device engineering will be essential to developing these metamaterials from concepts in the lab to practical, real-world applications. The main contribution of this review is to give a systematic overview of the most recent tuning mechanisms for active metamaterials, while also highlighting the integration of artificial intelligence as a transformative approach for future design and optimization. https://ijser.aliraqia.edu.iq/index.php/ijser/article/view/320Active tunable metamaterials, reconfigurable materials, tuning processes, electromagnetic characteristics, antennas.
spellingShingle Tamara Z. Fadhil
Ameer A. Kareim Al-Sahlawi
Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical Applications
Al-Iraqia Journal for Scientific Engineering Research
Active tunable metamaterials, reconfigurable materials, tuning processes, electromagnetic characteristics, antennas.
title Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical Applications
title_full Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical Applications
title_fullStr Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical Applications
title_full_unstemmed Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical Applications
title_short Recent Developments in Active Metamaterials and their Practical Applications
title_sort recent developments in active metamaterials and their practical applications
topic Active tunable metamaterials, reconfigurable materials, tuning processes, electromagnetic characteristics, antennas.
url https://ijser.aliraqia.edu.iq/index.php/ijser/article/view/320
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