Special Session 13
INTELLIGENT METAMATERIALS AND METASURFACES FOR SENSING, HEALTHCARE AND FUTURE CONNECTIVITY (SS13)

This special session will bring together emerging advances in intelligent metamaterials, metasurfaces and nanostructured electromagnetic materials for next-generation sensing, healthcare and connected systems. Particular emphasis will be placed on multifunctional and reconfigurable surfaces capable of interacting adaptively with electromagnetic waves and their surrounding environment.

The session will bridge materials, electromagnetics, nanotechnology and intelligent systems, covering innovations from wearable and biomedical sensing to wireless sensing, imaging, energy transfer and future communication technologies. It will also explore AI-enabled design and data-driven optimisation of smart surfaces, alongside pathways towards practical, sustainable and deployable devices.

KEYWORDS: intelligent metamaterials, metasurfaces, smart surfaces, nanostructured materials, electromagnetic sensing, wearable technologies, biomedical sensing, wireless sensing, AI-enabled materials, reconfigurable surfaces, energy harvesting, future wireless systems.

TOPICS / AREAS COVERED:

  • Intelligent, adaptive and multifunctional metamaterials and metasurfaces
  • Nanostructured surfaces for electromagnetic sensing and imaging
  • Metasurface-enabled wearable and biomedical technologies
  • Non-contact RF, microwave and wireless sensing for healthcare
  • Smart materials and surfaces for future wireless and 6G systems
  • Reconfigurable and programmable intelligent surfaces
  • AI/ML and inverse design of metamaterials and nanostructured devices
  • Flexible, conformal and wearable electromagnetic surfaces
  • Metamaterials for wireless power transfer and energy harvesting
  • RF-to-THz and photonic metasurfaces for sensing and communications
  • Multimodal sensing and integrated sensing-and-communication platforms
  • Bio-integrated and human-centric smart electromagnetic systems
  • Fabrication, characterisation and experimental validation of intelligent surfaces
  • Sustainable and energy-efficient metasurface technologies
  • Translation of smart metamaterials from laboratory concepts to real-world applications

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