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Miao Zhou, Xinxin Wu, Yunjian Cheng and Yilin Zhu

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 11

Published online: 04 March 2026
Special Issue on 'Metamaterials for Novel Wave Phenomena: Theory, Design and Application in Microwaves', edited by Sander Mann and Stefano Vellucci

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HoFeO₃ with Thermo-Softened phonons for 3D-printed terahertz metamaterials

Xinxi Zeng, Pingfan Jia, Yixuan Gao, Desheng Pan, Xiaoqing Xi, Chaoyang Sun, Haoxin Sun, Xian Wang, Lingyun Qian, Peipei Li et al. (4 more)

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 10

Published online: 04 March 2026
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Terahertz metasurface enabled by barium strontium titanate ferroelectric film

Yuan Fu, Xiaojian Fu and Yunsheng Guo

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 9

Published online: 16 February 2026
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Mirror-stacked tetra-missing rib honeycomb with persistent zero Poisson's ratio

Zheng Li, Zhenya Zhang, Xisheng Deng, Yuanxi Huang, Hui Chen and Yilin Zhu

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 8

Published online: 13 February 2026
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Design and optimisation of a turbofan blade filled with Multi-Poisson’s Ratio Soft–Hard integrated structures

Peijie Sun and Weizhu Yang

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 7

Published online: 11 February 2026
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Resistive film frequency selective rasorbers: from design, integration to function

Jiahua Yang, Kun Zhang and Lan Yao

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 6

Published online: 06 February 2026
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The structure design and application of metamaterials with negative Poisson's ratio

Xu Han, Jiahong Tian, Zijian Zhang, Guili Gao, Xiao Xu, Kai Sun and Runhua Fan

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 5

Published online: 03 February 2026
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Bandgap engineering for phononic crystals adjustment and applications

Yinglong Ma, Zongxiang Wang and Yuan Yuan

EPJ Appl. Metamat., 13 (2026) 4

Published online: 03 February 2026

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