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Origami‐Based Reconfigurable Metamaterials for Tunable Chirality

Journal Article · · Advanced Materials
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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University Boston MA 02115 USA, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China, School of Information Science and Engineering Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
  2. State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University Boston MA 02115 USA
  4. State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Ames Laboratory‐U.S. DOE Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy and Ames Laboratory‐U.S. DOE Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser FORTH 71110 Heraklion Crete Greece
  6. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University Boston MA 02115 USA, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University Boston MA 02115 USA

Origami is the art of folding two‐dimensional (2D) materials, such as a flat sheet of paper, into complex and elaborate three‐dimensional (3D) objects. This study reports origami‐based metamaterials whose electromagnetic responses are dynamically controllable via switching the folding state of Miura‐ori split‐ring resonators. The deformation of the Miura‐ori unit along the third dimension induces net electric and magnetic dipoles of split‐ring resonators parallel or anti‐parallel to each other, leading to the strong chiral responses. Circular dichroism as high as 0.6 is experimentally observed while the chirality switching is realized by controlling the deformation direction and kinematics. In addition, the relative density of the origami metamaterials can be dramatically reduced to only 2% of that of the unfolded structure. These results open a new avenue toward lightweight, reconfigurable, and deployable metadevices with simultaneously customized electromagnetic and mechanical properties.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1400852
Journal Information:
Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 27 Vol. 29; ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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