EileenSchuh

Are you looking for American respondents only, or international? (I'm Canadian)

Is my understanding correct? -- If we are arranging or otherwise manipulating matter in ways to create materials with "un-natural" or novel characteristics , that would be metamaterial technology. If we are manipulating this matter at the level of atoms and/or subatomic particles that is nanomaterials and nanotechnology. Not all metamaterial is nanomaterial and not all nanotechnology involves materials but can involve things like devices and structures. Am I getting closer?

I must agree that invisibility isn't normally observed. I understand that invisibility is one characteristic of metamaterials that scientists are trying to create/are creating and that there are others such as characteristics that manipulate sound waves in lieu of light waves. However, my question remains: If metamaterial scientists are manipulating matter at the atomic or molecular level to create these non-normal material characteristics, is that not nanotechnology? nanomaterials?

I'm Eileen Schuh, a Canadian author. My novella SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT dumps an ordinary woman into the multiuniverse arena. Two lives proves too much to handle in this psychological quantum SciFi thriller that ponders the roles of choice, chance, and infinite possiblities in our mortal lives. I am working on another novella, this time about quantum computers and artificial intelligence. I'm stumbling over the terminology and concepts behind metamaterials and nanomaterials. If anyone wants to give me a leg up it would be greatly appreciated. I've posted a question in the forums. BTW, I also have a crime fiction novel out: THE TRAZ--completely different genre from my SciFi. This novel is all about bikers, drugs, blood, juveniles, and undercover cops. I'm Eileen Schuh, a Canadian author. My novella SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT dumps an ordinary woman into the multiuniverse arena. Two lives proves too much to handle in this psychological quantum SciFi thriller that ponders the roles of choice, chance, and infinite possiblities in our mortal lives. I am working on another novella, this time about quantum computers and artificial intelligence. I'm stumbling over the terminology and concepts behind metamaterials and nanomaterials. If anyone wants to give me a leg up it would be greatly appreciated. I've posted a question in the forums. BTW, I also have a crime fiction novel out: THE TRAZ--completely different genre from my SciFi. This novel is all about bikers, drugs, blood, juveniles, and undercover cops.

Could someone please explain to me the differences between nanomaterials and metamaterials? Are nanomaterials a type of metamaterial? Are the two terms interchangeable? Completely different?