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When size matters

Tobias FrenzelTobias FrenzelMuamer KadicMuamer KadicMartin WegenerMartin Wegener

subject

PhysicsCharacteristic lengthCondensed matter physicsScale (ratio)Physics::OpticsGeneral Physics and AstronomyMetamaterial02 engineering and technologyPhysics::Classical Physics021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciences0103 physical sciences010306 general physics0210 nano-technology

description

That the unit cell of a metamaterial can't be considered vanishingly small like in ordinary crystals has long been deemed more burden than opportunity. The emergence of a characteristic length scale in metamaterial chains may change that trend.

https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4287