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  • Optics and Photonics
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Precise control of material emissivity is crucial for thermal engineering.
  • Metamaterials offer tunable emissivity via sub-wavelength structures.
  • Simultaneous spatial and temporal emissivity control is lacking for advanced applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate spatiotemporal control of emissivity in infrared metamaterials.
  • To enable adaptive thermal management and reconfigurable infrared camouflage.
  • To develop a new class of responsive thermal materials.

Main Methods:

  • Designed and fabricated a large-area infrared metamaterial.
  • Utilized ultraviolet (UV) light to modulate a photosensitive ZnO spacer layer.
  • Employed thermal imaging to characterize emissivity changes under modulated UV illumination.

Main Results:

  • Achieved localized emissivity increase via UV-induced free carrier generation.
  • Demonstrated spatiotemporal modulation of emissivity with patterned and temporally varying UV light.
  • Observed apparent temperature increases corresponding to emissivity changes.

Conclusions:

  • This work presents a novel method for spatiotemporal emissivity control in metamaterials.
  • The developed technology paves the way for next-generation thermal engineering devices.
  • Potential applications include adaptive thermal management and dynamic infrared camouflage.