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TheMerovingian
Thu Nov 02 2006, 09:17AM Print
TheMerovingian Registered Member #14 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 01:04PM
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Read this article

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This is a piece of another article:

Newly created material makes objects invisible at microwave frequencies



Researchers at the Duke University (North Carolina, US) created material that makes large objects invisible. So far, the invention is only capable of “deceiving” microwaves.

Properties of the so-called metamaterial depend less on its chemical composition than on the structure of its surface. After covering a copper cylinder 5cm in diameter by a fabric made of this material researchers lost its visual perception in the microwave spectrum, Netzeitung reports.

Electromagnetic waves go round the metamaterial cloak just as water engulfs a round stone, Dr. D. Schurig explains. In his words, the concealing metamaterial consists of fiberglass with copper wire and rings on its surface. They impede wave reflection and at the same time reduce the shadow of an object making it virtually invisible.


What do you think about it?
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ragnar
Thu Nov 02 2006, 10:05AM
ragnar Registered Member #63 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 06:18AM
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Not fantastically new, but interesting reading all the same. The last time I stumbled across this was searching for 'negative refractive index' in wikipedia ^^

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Conundrum
Thu Nov 02 2006, 08:47PM
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
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Hmm, interesting. So to create a cloaking device that worked at visible wavelengths would require nanoengineered materials.

Wonder if you can generate such an effect at higher frequencies (x-rays etc), would this let you shield a spacecraft against harmful radiation?

-A
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Simon
Fri Nov 03 2006, 12:41AM
Simon Registered Member #32 Joined: Sat Feb 04 2006, 08:58AM
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It would probably protect you from harmful rays about as well as a mirror for that frequency would.
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Coyote Wilde
Fri Nov 03 2006, 01:13AM
Coyote Wilde Registered Member #175 Joined: Tue Feb 14 2006, 09:32PM
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Except it would likely be bulkier/heavier/much more expensive than a mirror at any given frequency, too... =/
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Bored Chemist
Fri Nov 03 2006, 07:06AM
Bored Chemist Registered Member #193 Joined: Fri Feb 17 2006, 07:04AM
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If (and it looks like it) you need the engineering to have features comparable with the wavelength of the radiation you wish to hide from then Xray shielding would need sub-atomic sized bits. Even ordinary light will be tricky.
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