Dublin, Aug. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "The Global Market for Metamaterials and Metasurfaces to 2031" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Metamaterials applications will represent a multi-billion market within the next decade with product advances in radar and lidar for autonomous vehicles, telecommunications antenna, 6G networks, coatings, vibration damping, wireless charging, noise prevention and more.

Metamaterials are artificially engineered structures with exceptional material properties (acoustic, electrical, magnetic, optical, etc.). They comprise arrays of resonators that manipulate electromagnetic waves or sound in ways not normally found in nature. Possessing customized dielectric properties and tunable responses they allow for excellent flexibility in a range of applications, their use enabling the manipulation of fields and waves at a subwavelength scale.

Initial R&D in metamaterials has focused on cloaking and light manipulation, but the last few years has seen applications development in:

They are key materials for improving the performance and coverage of high-speed, 5G and future 6G networks. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) based on metamaterials for coating objects in the environment, such as walls, ceilings, mirrors and appliances, will operate as reconfigurable reflectors or transceivers for massive access when equipped with active radio-frequency (RF) elements.

The reconfigurable surfaces would be able to provide more capacity to a user then they need it, with controlled energy consumption and circumscribed EMF to avoid interference from unconnected devices and to minimize their impact on the people around them.

There are now over 40 metamaterials product developers worldwide, who have received >$300 million in recent investment as the metamaterials market picks up again after a sluggish few years.

Report contents include:

Key Topics Covered:

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Aims and objectives of the study
1.2 Market opportunity analysis

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
3.1 Historical metamaterials market
3.2 Recent growth
3.3 Global market revenues, current and forecast
3.4 Regional analysis
3.5 Market opportunity assessment
3.6 Investment funding in metamaterials
3.7 Future perspectives and prospects
3.8 Market and technology challenges
3.9 Industry developments 2020-2021

4 METAMATERIALS OVERVIEW
4.1 What are metamaterials?
4.1.1 Electromagnetic metamaterials
4.1.2 Metasurfaces
4.1.2.1 Meta-Lens
4.1.2.2 Metasurface holograms
4.1.2.3 Invisibility cloaking and shielding
4.1.2.4 Flexible metasurfaces
4.1.2.5 Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)
4.2 Types of metamaterials
4.2.1 Electromagnetic metamaterials
4.2.1.1 Double negative (DNG) metamaterials
4.2.1.2 Single negative metamaterials
4.2.1.3 Electromagnetic bandgap metamaterials (EBG)
4.2.1.4 Bi-isotropic and bianisotropic metamaterials
4.2.1.5 Chiral metamaterials
4.2.2 Terahertz metamaterials
4.2.3 Photonic metamaterials
4.2.4 Tunable metamaterials
4.2.4.1 Passive
4.2.4.2 Active
4.2.4.3 Self-programmable
4.2.5 Frequency selective surface (FSS) based metamaterials
4.2.6 Nonlinear metamaterials
4.2.7 Acoustic metamaterials
4.2.8 Graphene in metamaterials applications
4.3 Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

5 MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS FOR METAMATERIALS
5.1 Global revenues for metamaterials, by market, 2017-2031 (Millions USD).
5.2 Acoustics
5.3 Communications
5.4 Automotive
5.5 Aerospace, Defence & Security
5.6 Coatings And Films
5.7 Solar
5.8 Medical Imaging
5.9 Touch Screens And Displays
5.10 Sensors

6 COMPANY PROFILES
6.1 3M
6.2 Acoustic Metamaterials Group Ltd.
6.3 Alphacore, Inc.
6.4 Anywaves
6.5 BlueHalo
6.6 Covestro
6.7 Droneshield
6.8 Echodyne, Inc.
6.9 Emrod
6.10 Evolv Technologies, Inc.
6.11 EM Infinity
6.12 FVMat LTD
6.13 Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc.
6.14 General Opto Solutions
6.15 Imuzak Co., Ltd.
6.16 Kymeta Corporation
6.17 Lumotive
6.18 Magment AG
6.19 Metaboards Limited
6.20 Metacept Systems
6.21 Metalenz
6.22 Metamagnetics, Inc.
6.23 Metamaterial, Inc.
6.24 MetaShield LLC
6.25 Metasonics
6.26 Metawave Corporation
6.27 Multiwave Technologies AG
6.28 Nahsai LLC
6.29 Nanohmics Inc.
6.30 NIL Technology
6.31 NKT Photonics A/S
6.32 PARC
6.33 Phoebus Optoelectronics LLC
6.34 Phononic Vibes srl
6.35 Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.
6.36 Pivotal Commware, Inc.
6.37 Plasmonics, Inc.
6.38 Protemics GmbH
6.39 Radi-Cool, Inc.
6.40 SensorMetrix
6.41 Sonobex Ltd.
6.42 Specom Oy
6.43 Teraview Limited
6.44 Vadient Optics

7 MAIN METAMATERIALS RESEARCH CENTRES AND GROUPS

8 REFERENCES

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