Reconfigurable nanomechanical photonic metamaterials

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-22

  Zheludev, Nikolay I ^a,b   Plum, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM OPTICS; WELL STIMULATION;

BUILDING BLOCKES; ELASTIC DIELECTRICS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; OPTICAL RESONANCE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOBRICK; SILICON NITRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAMATERIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANODEVICE; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOFABRICATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84954289415     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.302     Document Type: Review

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