Researchers 3D print metamaterials with novel optical properties ... New developments in 3D printing technology are making it possible to create many more shapes and patterns of metamaterials, ...

Nature Nanotechnology – Large-area flexible 3D optical negative index metamaterial formed by nanotransfer printing This nanotransfer process should be able to be used to produce sheets of new ...

A team of scientists has managed to 3D print microscopic structures that are designed to dampen sounds for specific ...

The device is made up of a range of 12 3D-printed plastic blocks, or “cells”. Each cell contains a different labyrinth pattern that is designed to modulate the phase of an acoustic wave. They work at ...

"Toughness is a limiting factor in not all, but many 3D-printed mechanical metamaterials," says Kevin Turner, Professor and John Henry Towne Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Applied ...

How can additive manufacturing and metamaterials improve healthcare for aging populations? In a review published in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, researchers examine how 3D ...

When 3D printing was first introduced in 1985, it marked a major turning point for the manufacturing industry. In addition to ...

A team of engineers has developed a series of 3D printed metamaterials with unique microwave or optical properties that go beyond what is possible using conventional optical or electronic materials.

New developments in 3D printing technology are making it possible to create many more shapes and patterns of metamaterials, and at ever smaller scales. In the study, researchers at the Nano Lab at ...