How can we build tunable stealth structures inspired by a chameleon’s color-changing mechanism🌈 and transformable structures inspired by a toy?
In our latest paper, “A tunable metamaterial microwave absorber inspired by a chameleon’s color-changing mechanism” (published in Science Advances, 2025), our team demonstrates a groundbreaking transformable structure capable of controlling microwave absorption and transmission through a crisscross design.
Featured on Science.org, this research highlights two key contributions:
Introducing tunable electromagnetic metamaterials through structural transformations.
Drawing unique inspiration from nature (how chameleons adjust spacing between nanocrystals on their skin to change color) and from a famous toy mechanism designed by Chuck Hoberman.