This book demonstrates the variety of metamaterials in presented in the scholarly, research literature—their compositions, manufacturing methods, and applications. It reviews critical work appearing in over 400 papers published within the last five years discussing these materials. This volume summarizes the main findings of this topic for a graduate level beginners in the field of mechanical engineering, materials science, manufacturing engineering and electrical engineering. Describes how 3D printing has enabled fabrication of metamaterial and analyze the future trends; Summarizes findings of 400+ journal papers published in the past 5 years to find common trends; Explains principles of metamaterial interaction with mechanical, optical, thermal and electromagnetic stimuli. |