Metamaterials: Beyond Crystals, Noncrystals, and Quasicrystals is a comprehensive and updated research monograph that focuses on recent advances in metamaterials based on the effective medium theory in microwave frequencies. Most of these procedures were conducted in the State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, China.

IntroductionNatural Materials and MetamaterialsHomogeneous Metamaterials: Several Special CasesRandom MetamaterialsInhomogeneous MetamaterialsStructure of This BookAcknowledgmentsReferencesEffective Medium TheoryLorentz-Drude ModelsRetrieval Methods of Effective Medium ParametersGeneral Effective Medium TheoryReferencesArtificial ParticlesElectrically Resonant ParticlesMagnetically Resonant ParticlesDielectric-Metal Resonant ParticlesComplementary ParticlesDielectric ParticlesNonresonant ParticlesLC ParticlesD.C. ParticlesReferencesHomogeneous Metamaterials: Super CrystalsHomogeneous Metamaterials: Periodic Arrangements of ParticlesSingle-Negative MetamaterialsDouble-Negative MetamaterialsZero-Index MetamaterialsDouble-Positive MetamaterialsReferencesRandom Metamaterials: Super NoncrystalsRandom Metamaterials: Random Arrangements of ParticlesDiffuse Reflections by Metamaterial Coating with Randomly Distributed Gradients of Refractive IndexRCS Reduction by Metasurface with Random Distribution of Reflection PhaseReferencesInhomogeneous Metamaterials: Super QuasicrystalsInhomogeneous Metamaterials: Particularly Nonperiodic Arrays of Meta-AtomsGeometric Optics Method: Design of Isotropic MetamaterialsQuasi-Conformal Mapping: Design of Nearly Isotropic MetamaterialsOptical Transformation: Design of Anisotropic MetamaterialsExamplesReferencesGradient-Index Inhomogeneous MetamaterialsSeveral Representative GRIN Metamaterials2D Planar Gradient-Index Lenses2D Luneburg Lens2D Half Maxwell Fisheye Lens3D Planar Gradient-Index Lens3D Half Luneburg Lens3D Maxwell Fisheye LensElectromagnetic Black HoleReferencesNearly Isotropic Inhomogeneous Metamaterials2D Ground-Plane Invisibility Cloak2D Compact Ground-Plane Invisibility Cloak2D Ground-Plane Illusion-Optics Devices2D Planar Parabolic Reflector3D Ground-Plane Invisibility Cloak3D Flattened Luneburg LensReferencesAnisotropic Inhomogeneous MetamaterialsSpatial Invisibility CloakD.C. Circuit Invisibility CloakSpatial Illusion-Optics DevicesCircuit Illusion-Optics DevicesReferencesConclusions and RemarksSummary of the BookNew Trends of MetamaterialsReferences