Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano13030534
Keywords
reconfigurable metasurface; dynamic control; phase-change materials; liquid crystal; graphene; semiconductor components; MEMS
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This review introduces different methods to design reconfigurable metasurfaces, categorized by the techniques they use such as special materials, semiconductor components, and mechanical devices. The review compares these methods and discusses their advantages and disadvantages, as well as the challenges and possible future developments.
Metasurfaces have shown their great capability to manipulate electromagnetic waves. As a new concept, reconfigurable metasurfaces attract researchers' attention. There are many kinds of reconfigurable components, devices and materials that can be loaded on metasurfaces. When cooperating with reconfigurable structures, dynamic control of the responses of metasurfaces are realized under external excitations, offering new opportunities to manipulate electromagnetic waves dynamically. This review introduces some common methods to design reconfigurable metasurfaces classified by the techniques they use, such as special materials, semiconductor components and mechanical devices. Specifically, this review provides a comparison among all the methods mentioned and discusses their pros and cons. Finally, based on the unsolved problems in the designs and applications, the challenges and possible developments in the future are discussed.
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