PSU Sign (IMAGE)

Penn State

PSU Sign

Caption

This is an infrared image of metadevice composed of vanadium dioxide with gold patterned mesh. (Top) Device without any electric current showing the PSU cut from the pattern and reflective. (Middle) Device with 2.03 amps of current. The PSU and background now appear the same, the PSU has faded into the background. (Bottom) Device with 2.20 amps of current. The background is now reflective while the PSU is not.

Credit

Douglas Werner, Penn State

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