Nanoscale/Bio-inspired and MetaMaterials
Abstract
The research in this thrust area exploits advances in nano/micro-scale and bio-inspired materials, including computationally based materials science, in order to develop unique microstructures, material properties, and functionalities. This area also includes efforts to develop the underlying science for the behavior of materials whose properties have been engineered at the nano/micro-scale level, including metamaterials, bio-inspired materials for sensing and actuation, and materials that are designed to mimic biological materials from molecular to macroscopic function. Specific examples of areas of interest include materials that can self-repair, adapt, and respond for soldier protection against chemical and biological threats and novel approaches to optical based or metamaterial imaging systems capable of detecting objects in cluttered environments and around or through structural obscurants leveraging multiple degrees of freedom of light and using all photon pathways.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 2681636f6b8b135f02cee5266f47aed9