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METASMART

Next generation of smart metasurfaces based on additive manufacturing for strategic applications in telecommunications and biomedicine

Field
Regional
Date
01/10/2022 - 01/09/2024
Industry
  • ICT
  • Salud
Budget
1007690,39
Funded by

AVI

Website
Video

PROJECT INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

METASMART proposes to revolutionize the field of metasurfaces through industrial research into new production processes based on additive manufacturing techniques (multi-layer 2D printing of functional materials, 3D and 4D printing) that are versatile, precise and inexpensive, capable of solving all the disadvantages mentioned above. To illustrate the great innovation potential of the METASMART concept, a new generation of smart metasurfaces will be designed that can be implemented with the manufacturing techniques developed in the project. These metasurfaces will constitute a transversal platform with the potential to provide innovative solutions to several of the most relevant technological challenges for society.

METASMART proposes to revolutionize the field of metasurfaces through industrial research into new production processes based on additive manufacturing techniques (multi-layer 2D printing of functional materials, 3D and 4D printing) that are versatile, precise and inexpensive, capable of solving all the disadvantages mentioned above. To illustrate the great innovation potential of the METASMART concept, a new generation of smart metasurfaces will be designed that can be implemented with the manufacturing techniques developed in the project. These metasurfaces will constitute a transversal platform with the potential to provide innovative solutions to several of the most relevant technological challenges for society.

Impact

Design of a 3D printing-based holographic, multipurpose acoustic metasurface for shaping high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound beams at a frequency of 1 MHz for histotripsy applications.
In vitro validation of the histotripsy technique using acoustic metasurfaces for the treatment of prostate cancer through localized soft tissue disintegration.
Design, characterization and validation of a reconfigurable absorbing metasurface that allows the selection of the frequency band to absorb, in order to solve electromagnetic compatibility problems in radiocommunication centers.
Design, characterization and validation of a reconfigurable metasurface to programmatically control the propagation direction of electromagnetic waves impinging on it to increase link efficiency in 60 GHz communication systems.

Entities

AIMPLAS
DAS Photonics
Centro de Tecnología Nanofotónica Universitat Politècnica de València
ISTEC – de Telecomunicacions i Certificacio S.A.U.
ISS LA FE – Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe

Contact information

Jesús Latorre Zacarés
Project Manager

AIMPLAS

Technological capabilities

Robotics
Industrial robotics