Wave-bending metamaterials started out as a theory, then became some promising equations, and finally resulted in a crude, but working device that made a solid object seem to disappear. Two of the three pioneers of this remarkable achievement in physics, David R. Smith of Duke University and Sir John Pendry of Imperial College London, explain how it happened, with help from their colleague, Steve Cummer.

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Duke-developed “metamaterials” are carefully designed structures that control all sorts of energy waves in previously impossible ways. Our researchers are poised to make these devices a household name.

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