Focusing on the Development and Current Status of Metamaterial Absorber by Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

In this paper, a total of 4770 effective documents about metamaterial absorbers were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. We scientifically analyzed the co-occurrence network of co-citation analysis by author, country/region, institutional, document, keywords co-occurrence, and the timeline of the clusters in the field of metamaterial absorber. Landy N. I.’s, with his cooperator et al., first experiment demonstrated a perfect metamaterial absorber microwave to absorb all incidents of radiation. From then on, a single-band absorber, dual-band absorber, triple-band absorber, multi-band absorber and broad-band absorber have been proposed and investigated widely. By integrating graphene and vanadium dioxide to the metamaterial absorber, the frequency-agile functionality can be realized. Tunable absorption will be very important in the future, especially metamaterial absorbers based on all-silicon. This paper provides a new research method to study and evaluate the performance of metamaterial absorbers. It can also help new researchers in the field of metamaterial absorbers to achieve the development of research content and to understand the recent progress.

Graphene-Metamaterial Based Tunable Broadband Polarization Insensitive Absorber for Terahertz Antenna Design

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An Optically Transparent Metamaterial Absorber with Tunable Absorption Bandwidth and Low Infrared Emissivity

“…In addition, a complex and variable electromagnetic environment also requires materials to have more flexible performance. In response to this situation, many broadband tunable MMAs based on active elements, structural deformation, and tailoring dielectrics have been designed [28][29][30][31][32]. Most reported MMAs have drawbacks, such as a narrow absorption band, low tunability, and being too thick, making it difficult to meet practical needs.…”