Metamaterials are 3D structures made of metals, plastics, and/or ceramics which have properties not possible with only their unstructured constituent materials.

Their properties occur in response to an external input such as exposure to light, mechanical forces or sound waves. Metamaterial properties result from designed and engineered features deliberately and systematically placed within it which are of a size, quantity, distribution and structure such that the response is on a scale larger than that of the individual designed elements.

The UK Metamaterials Network brings together experts from academia, industry, and governmental agencies to resolve interdisciplinary challenges for this exciting field of emerging materials from theory, fabrication, experiment, to large-scale manufacturing and field testing.

We believe that metamaterials can make a huge difference in the health sector with potential applications across areas from point-of-care diagnostic sensors to prosthetics & orthotics.