A Thermo-Tunable Metamaterial as an Actively Controlled Broadband Absorber

Xiao-Chang Xing , Yang Cao , Xiao-Yong Tian , Lingling Wu

Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1) : 143 -152.

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Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1) : 143 -152. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2022.04.028
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A Thermo-Tunable Metamaterial as an Actively Controlled Broadband Absorber

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Metamaterials have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their powerful abilities in manipulating electromagnetic (EM) waves. However, most previously reported metamaterials are unable to actively control full-band EM waves. In this paper, we propose a thermo-tunable broadband metamaterial (T-TBM) using paraffin-based composites (PD-Cs) with different phase transition temperatures. Active control of the T-TBM reflection loss peaks from low to high frequency is realized by manipulating the solid–liquid state of the PD-Cs at different phase transition temperatures. The absorption peak bandwidth (where the reflection loss value is less than −30 dB) can be changed, while the broad bandwidth absorption (where the reflection loss value is less than −10 dB) is satisfied by adjusting the temperature of the T-TBM. It is shown that the stagnation of the phase transition temperature of the PD-Cs in the T-TBM provides a time window for actively controlling the EM wave absorption response under different thermal conditions. The device has a broad application prospect in the fields of EM absorption, intelligent metamaterials, multifunctional structural devices, and more.

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Metamaterials / Active control / Thermally tunable / Broadband absorption

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Xiao-Chang Xing, Yang Cao, Xiao-Yong Tian, Lingling Wu. A Thermo-Tunable Metamaterial as an Actively Controlled Broadband Absorber. Engineering, 2023, 20(1): 143-152 DOI:10.1016/j.eng.2022.04.028

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