Electro-mechanical metamaterials: actuation by magnetoinductive waves

Thesis

Metamaterials are engineered composites designed to exhibit remarkable properties that are typically absent in natural materials. These distinct properties are not simply a result of the materials’ composition, but rather realised via the subwavelength structuring of the metamaterials.

This thesis proposes a way to unite two different classes of metamaterials – electromagnetic (EM) and mechanical – by introducing a novel technique in which mechanical actuation and reconfiguration i...

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Authors: Xu, K

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-8rrrvxz8w
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: programmable transformation; Lorentz forces; meta-atom chains; metamaterials; magnetoinductive waves
• Subjects: Mechanical engineering; Metamaterials; Electromagnetism