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Strain-Induced Electromagnetic Transmission Modulation via a Reconfigurable Kirigami Metasurface

Huanjiang Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Soft Matter Research Center, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, and State, Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China

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Chengjun Wang

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-3512

E-mail Address: cc689193@126.com

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Jie Tao

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6247-8923

International Joint Innovation Center, Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro/Nano Electronic Devices and Smart Systems of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Haining 314400, P. R. China

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Haishan Tang

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6775-9340

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Zuojia Wang

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3673-7034

International Joint Innovation Center, Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro/Nano Electronic Devices and Smart Systems of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Haining 314400, P. R. China

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Jizhou Song

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2821-9429

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, P. R. China

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Special Issue on Mechanics of Soft Materials
Special Issue Editors: Rui Xiao, Haibao Lu and Zishun Liu

Abstract

Tunable three-dimensional (3D) electromagnetic (EM) metasurfaces are critical for dynamic modulation of EM responses but their construction and tuning mechanism are still complex. Here, we report a simple yet effective 3D reconfigurable EM metasurface, which was obtained from a planar kirigami polyimide substrate printed with periodically arranged copper split-ring resonator. Under mechanical stretch, the two-dimensional (2D) planar metasurface can be uniformly deformed into a 3D state, which is effective for tuning its EM transmission characteristic. By combining mechanics and EM simulations as well as experimental measurements, we revealed the deformation mode and active EM transmission modulation capability of the metasurface. It is shown that at the initial state, the planar kirigami metasurface exhibits ideal frequency selective transmission to transverse electric (TE) wave but allows for complete transmission for transverse magnetic (TM) wave. As the applied strain increases from 0% to 20%, the transmission was adjusted from −17.74dB to −9.74dB for TE wave but merely from 0dB to −3.25dB for TM wave. Meanwhile, the resonant frequency experienced a visible shift for both TE and TM waves. Finally, the equivalent circuit analysis and simulated surface current density were conducted to reveal the tuning mechanism of the proposed metasurface.

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