Scientists from the UPC investigate reconfigurable and programmable metamaterials

Creating materials with programmable electromagnetic properties, called software-defined reconfigurable metamaterials, is the goal of the scientists working on the European VISORSURF project, in which the interdepartmental group NaNoNetworking Center in Catalonia (N3Cat) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) participates. It is seen as a revolutionary technology with multiple applications in electronics, medicine, photovoltaic solar energy, optics and other uses that are as yet unimaginable.

In addition to numerous electronic and medical applications, the new metamaterials will be of great interest in the field of the seismology to modify the waves of an earthquake when they come into contact with buildings, preventing the vibrations and aftershocks that can make them collapse. They will also be of use in the renewable energies sector to improve photovoltaic panels so that they absorb the maximum amount of solar radiation, and will be useful in optics as filters and in sound to improve the installation of sound systems.

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