{"id":246117,"date":"2026-10-29T06:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/microscopic-springs-transform-fragile-silicon-into-a-flexible-terahertz-metamaterial"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:01:53","slug":"microscopic-springs-transform-fragile-silicon-into-a-flexible-terahertz-metamaterial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/microscopic-springs-transform-fragile-silicon-into-a-flexible-terahertz-metamaterial","title":{"rendered":"Microscopic springs transform fragile silicon into a flexible terahertz metamaterial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researchers at the Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (ORIST), in collaboration with the University of Osaka and Tohoku University, have developed a flexible and stretchable silicon material whose response to terahertz waves can be mechanically tuned. By etching microscopic spiral springs into silicon, the team made the fragile material bendable and stretchable.<\/p>\n<p>The work is <a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/abstract.cfm?URI=optica-13-11-2237\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Optica.<\/p>\n<p>Terahertz waves, whose frequencies lie between those of microwaves and light, hold potential for material inspection and future wireless communications. Silicon is used to fabricate low-loss optical components in terahertz bands. However, these components are rigid and can be easily broken by mechanical impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (ORIST), in collaboration with the University of Osaka and Tohoku University, have developed a flexible and stretchable silicon material whose response to terahertz waves can be mechanically tuned. By etching microscopic spiral springs into silicon, the team made the fragile material bendable and stretchable. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}