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Scalable-Manufactured Metamaterials for Simultaneous Visible Transmission, Infrared Reflection, and Microwave Absorption
Scalable manufacturing of metamaterials with multispectral manipulation capabilities remains highly challenging, which was generally circumvented by integrating several single-spectral metamaterials, potentially leading to complex processes, large thicknesses, and limited fabrication size. We experi...
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Published in: | ACS applied materials & interfaces 2022-07, Vol.14 (29), p.33933-33943 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Scalable manufacturing of metamaterials with multispectral manipulation capabilities remains highly challenging, which was generally circumvented by integrating several single-spectral metamaterials, potentially leading to complex processes, large thicknesses, and limited fabrication size. We experimentally demonstrate a standalone and scalable-manufactured multispectral metamaterial featuring simultaneous visible transmission, infrared reflection, and microwave absorption. The prepared multispectral metamaterial with an area of 255 cm2 exhibits a visible transmittance of 74.5% at wavelengths of 400–700 nm (the highest 80.2% at 510 nm), a thermal emissivity of 0.08 at the infrared (IR) wavelengths of 2.5–20 μm (the lowest 0.03 at 19.5 μm), and a microwave absorptance of 63.4% at frequencies of 8.2–12.4 GHz (the near-perfect 97.4% at 11.5 GHz) on average with a deep-subwavelength thickness of λ/47. The deep-subwavelength multispectral metamaterial consists of a submillimeter-thick polyethylene terephthalate dielectric spacer sandwiched by a patterned ultrathin metal and a metal mesh back-reflector with ultralow sheet resistances. Unlike the conventional optically transparent microwave absorbers made from indium tin oxides, the surface plasmonic modes can be excited within the submillimeter-thick multispectral metamaterial, bringing about the gap plasmon polaritons-induced microwave attenuation, together with the excellent visible transparency and high IR reflection/low IR emissivity. This work may inspire the designs and practical production of standalone multispectral metamaterials and benefit the protection against ubiquitous IR and microwave reconnaissance without impeding visual observation. |
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ISSN: | 1944-8244 1944-8252 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.2c03346 |