Kirigami/Origami Metasurfaces for Controlling Electromagnetic Waves

Kirigami and origami provide versatile spatial deformations in the design of reconfigurable metasurfaces, leading to various applications in deployable devices. In article number 2400213, Yilin Zheng, Ke Chen, and Yijun Feng provide an overview highlighting the implementations of kirigami/origami metasurfaces and their applications in controlling electromagnetic waves.

Kirigami/origami techniques have enabled the adaptable transformation of planar patterns into intricate three-dimensional (3D) forms, providing a novel approach to dynamically manipulating electromagnetic waves. An overview of the most recent developments in kirigami/origami metasurfaces for the manipulation of electromagnetic waves in the microwave band is proposed, as well as the potential avenues and forthcoming obstacles from this own perspective.

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