Research Strategy

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SYMETA officially began on 1st March 2016. Our focus is to create novel, multi-functional 3D Metamaterials using emerging additive manufacturing techniques. We are compiling a 'palette' of meta-atoms (the basic building blocks of metamaterials) and then organising these systematically to ensure that the metamaterials demonstrate the required properties.

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Our research was focused into two complementary, interlinked and dependent work streams:

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1. Addressing the problems posed by 3D multi-meta-atom fabrication.

2. Developing a suitable range of base additive layer materials from which meta-materials can be made. 

3. Modelling, designing and fabricating meta-atoms with metal, dielectric and magnetic inclusions and, fabricating and characterising test samples with a range of electromagnetic properties.

4. Fabricating metamaterials using additive manufacturing and measuring their performance.

5. Using additive manufacturing techniques to scale the primary components into devices.