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Funding for this research was provided by:
MSCA Fellowship (101068089)
Simons Foundation (855344/EG)
Royal Academy of Engineering (Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships)
European Research Council (682723)
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTLX-1000135951)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S036466/1)
Innovate UK (ICURe programme on technology commercialization e)
UK Research and Innovation (MR/X035506/1)
Article Title: The 2026 active metamaterials roadmap
Journal Title: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd
Publication dates
Date Received: 2024-11-08
Date Accepted: 2025-10-10
Online publication date: 2026-04-08