Vanadium Dioxide Metamaterials for Thermal Control and Terahertz Absorption
This community develops thin-film materials and metamaterial structures that manipulate infrared and terahertz radiation, primarily for passive radiative cooling, smart windows, and tunable absorption devices.
The work centers on vanadium dioxide (VO2) and titanium nitride (TiN) thin films, leveraging their phase transition properties to create tunable optical devices. Recurring applications include passive radiative cooling, thermochromic smart windows, and broadband terahertz metamaterial absorbers. Methods frequently involve magnetron sputtering for film deposition and the design of metasurfaces for polarization conversion and solar energy harvesting. The research integrates phase-change materials with graphene and other conductive layers to enable dynamic control of thermal and electromagnetic properties.
The largest share of this community's output is found in vanadium research, accounting for 9.3% of all vanadium research, with 3,282 papers in this group. Tin and titanium also appear frequently, contributing 516 and 351 papers respectively.
The community comprises 8,682 papers, published primarily in Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, and Optics Express.
Recent work continues to focus on tunable terahertz absorbers based on vanadium dioxide phase transitions, ultra-wideband solar absorbers using titanium and indium arsenide metasurfaces, and graphene-based mid-infrared absorption devices for sensing and thermal management.
Papers behind this description
- Ultrathin broadband terahertz metamaterial based on single-layer nested patterned graphene — Physics Letters A, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130262
- A solution-processed radiative cooling glass — Science, 2023 — doi:10.1126/science.adi2224
- A photoluminescent hydrogen-bonded biomass aerogel for sustainable radiative cooling — Science, 2024 — doi:10.1126/science.adn5694
- Vanadium Oxide: Phase Diagrams, Structures, Synthesis, and Applications — Chemical Reviews, 2023 — doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00546
- TiN-Ti ultra-broadband solar absorber: Efficient heat absorption and high thermal stability — Physics Letters A, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130827
- TiN-Only Metasurface Absorber for Solar Energy Harvesting — Photonics, 2025 — doi:10.3390/photonics12050443
- Scalable thermochromic smart windows with passive radiative cooling regulation — Science, 2021 — doi:10.1126/science.abg0291
- Design of wide-angle broadband titanium-nitride solar absorber based on column-cavity structure — Physics Letters A, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130832
- Phase-change VO2-based thermochromic smart windows — Light Science & Applications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01560-9
- Tunable smart mid infrared thermal control emitter based on phase change material VO2 thin film — Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121074
- Phase-transition-enabled dual-band camouflage in VO2/Ag multilayered nanostructures — Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.physe.2025.116327
- Tunable mid-infrared ultra-wideband absorption device with annular-square open metamaterials based on VO2 phase change — Micro and Nanostructures, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.micrna.2025.208353
- Efficient broadband solar absorber and thermal emitter based on Ti and InAs with pyramid-like structure — Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.physe.2025.116377
- Temperature-switchable double-peak and triple-peak narrow-band terahertz absorbers based on vanadium dioxide — Physica B Condensed Matter, 2026 — doi:10.1016/j.physb.2026.418399
- Terahertz multi-band tunable refractive index sensing graphene absorber based on surface plasmon resonance — Physica B Condensed Matter, 2026 — doi:10.1016/j.physb.2026.418608
- Tunable Ultra-Wideband VO2–Graphene Hybrid Metasurface Terahertz Absorption Devices Based on Dual Regulation — Photonics, 2025 — doi:10.3390/photonics12100987
- Ultra wideband solar energy absorption device based on multi-layered Ti-InAs cylinder metasurface — Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 2026 — doi:10.1016/j.physe.2026.116514
- Graphene-synergized vanadium dioxide phase transition-based terahertz wideband intelligent temperature-controlled absorber — Infrared Physics & Technology, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.infrared.2025.106218