The Modern day Metamaterials

The man-made metamaterials have been originally synthesized in the laboratory in the year 2000 by using the highly conductive metal such as copper or gold in some particular arrangements, such as the layered lattice structures. It has been developed for a diversity of application such as the making of ‘super lenses’ which are able to view objects in a much smaller scale, and then reduced the impact of the earthquakes on buildings.

The ArsTechnica informed that when the researchers compared the present day metamaterials with a structure of particular Roman monuments, they discovered that the patterns within the prehistoric, Roman buildings are very, very closely in resemblance to metamaterials and can therefore have sheltered those structures from possible earthquakes.

Mr. Stephane Brûlé, the civil engineer and also one of this study’s authors, had performed with the group of engineers from the Lyon based industry Menard and with the investigators from the Fresnel Institute in the Marseille, some few years back to make a big scaled seismic cloak through drilling a collection of burials within the soil. Then on, he became aware that the Gallo Roman Theater that he visited while he was on holiday at Autun, France, had similar foundational structure.

Did those Romans already knew about that seismic cloaking possessions of such array? It seems to appear that as the similar pattern was applied in the construction of many Roman monuments, such as the many theaters and the amphitheaters. There is also the image of the Colosseum that has the layered lattice structure which is similar to metamaterials.