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Title: Origami‐Based Reconfigurable Metamaterials for Tunable Chirality

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [5];  [2];  [6]
  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
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1400852
Grant/Contract Number:  
DE‐AC02‐07CH11358
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 29 Journal Issue: 27; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Wang, Zuojia, Jing, Liqiao, Yao, Kan, Yang, Yihao, Zheng, Bin, Soukoulis, Costas M., Chen, Hongsheng, and Liu, Yongmin. Origami‐Based Reconfigurable Metamaterials for Tunable Chirality. Germany: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201700412.
Wang, Zuojia, Jing, Liqiao, Yao, Kan, Yang, Yihao, Zheng, Bin, Soukoulis, Costas M., Chen, Hongsheng, & Liu, Yongmin. Origami‐Based Reconfigurable Metamaterials for Tunable Chirality. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201700412
Wang, Zuojia, Jing, Liqiao, Yao, Kan, Yang, Yihao, Zheng, Bin, Soukoulis, Costas M., Chen, Hongsheng, and Liu, Yongmin. Mon . "Origami‐Based Reconfigurable Metamaterials for Tunable Chirality". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201700412.
@article{osti_1400852,
title = {Origami‐Based Reconfigurable Metamaterials for Tunable Chirality},
author = {Wang, Zuojia and Jing, Liqiao and Yao, Kan and Yang, Yihao and Zheng, Bin and Soukoulis, Costas M. and Chen, Hongsheng and Liu, Yongmin},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201700412},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 27,
volume = 29,
place = {Germany},
year = {Mon May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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