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11.4.6 Metamaterials
μCP. has. been. used. by. Chanda. et. al.. (2011). to. fabricate. large-area. negative-index.
metamaterials,. which. are. engineered. structures. with. optical. properties. that. are. not.
present.naturally..In.this.method,.they.used.a.silicon.wafer.with.deep,.nanoscale.patterns.
as.the.stamp,.on.which.alternating.layers.of.functional.materials.(silver.and.magnesium.
luoride).were.deposited.as.the.ink..The.multilayered.ink.could.be.printed.on.to.a.rigid.or.
lexible.substrate.to.form.a.piece.of.metamaterial.as.large.as.75.cm 2 .
11.5 Conclusions and Perspectives
μCP. is. a. powerful. technique. for. surface. patterning. at. the. micro/nanometer. scale.. It. is.
not. only. simple. and. inexpensive,. but. also. extremely. versatile. with. respect. to. the. types.
of.patterns.producible.by.this.technique,.the.types.of.ink.and.substrate.materials.usable.
with.this.technique,.and.the.variety.of.methods.for.inking.and.printing..The.simpleness,.
lexibility,.and.low.cost.of.μCP.have.led.to.its.widespread.application.across.various.ields..
In.the.coming.decade,.new.μCP.methods.are.expected.to.continue.to.emerge.with.further.
increased.versatility..It.is.also.foreseeable.that.μCP.will.ind.broader.applications..Possibly,.
μCP.will.be.adopted.by.industry.for.fabricating.large-area.lexible.electronic.and.optical.
devices,.and.microarrays.for.biomedical.analysis.and.diagnostics.
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