''Metamaterials'' was a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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that was established in March 2007. It was published by
Elsevier
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and the founding
editor-in-chief
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was Mikhail Lapine (
Helsinki University of Technology).
The journal published special issues occasionally. It covered research concerning
metamaterials, such as artificial electromagnetic materials, which includes various types of composite periodic structures and
frequency selective surfaces in the
microwave and
optical range. The journal was abstracted and indexed in
Scopus
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.
It was discontinued in 2013.
See also
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History of metamaterials
*
Negative index metamaterials
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/metamaterials
Elsevier academic journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 2007
Metamaterials
Materials science journals
Defunct journals
Publications disestablished in 2013
Electromagnetism journals