Topics

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

•   Physics of complex electromagnetic materials
•   Analytical and numerical modelling of metamaterials and metasurfaces
•   Homogenization and effective medium models
•   Fabrication and experimental characterization of metamaterials

•   Nonlinear metamaterials and metasurfaces
•   Tunable metamaterials and metasurfaces
•   Reconfigurable and programmable metamaterials and metasurfaces 
•   Space-time modulated structures 
•   Active and absorption-free metamaterials
•   Chiral and bianisotropic composites
•   Metamaterials with extreme parameters
•   Quantum and superconducting metamaterials
•   Carbon nanotubes, graphene and other 2D materials
•   Nonreciprocal and topological metamaterials
•   Multiscale metamaterials
•   Plasmonics
•   Photonic crystals

•   Antenna and absorber applications of metamaterials
•   RF and microwave metamaterials: design, properties, applications
•   Metamaterials for 5G (and beyond) applications 
•   Millimeter wave/THz metamaterials and applications
•   Optical metamaterials and their applications
•   Acoustic metamaterials
•   Mechanical and elastic metamaterials
•   Metamaterials for nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and nanoantennas
•   Metamaterials for control of heat flow and radiation 
•   Metamaterials for quantum electronics 
•   Metamaterials for sensing

•   Metamaterials in naval and aeronautic applications
•   Biological and biomedical applications of metamaterials 
•   Super-resolution and near-field imaging: effects and devices
•  Transformational electromagnetics, elastodynamics, hydrodynamics and thermodynamics
•   Advances in cloaking and invisibility

•   Metamaterials in education