Roadmap aims to bring metamaterials to market
The UK Government has published a 10-year plan to accelerate the translation of metamaterials research into commercial products.
The roadmap aligns with broader government goals by identifying metamaterials and metasurfaces as a strategic opportunity for commercialisation.
Five priorities have been identified:
- Better coordination between government, researchers, businesses, investors and other organisations
- Greater use of demonstrators and prototypes
- Investment in manufacturing and scale-up
- Development of testing, standards and regulation
- Development of a workforce with the technical, manufacturing and commercial skills needed to bring new technologies to market
By 2030, the roadmap aims to strengthen coordination and manufacturing capability, supported with a clear funding pipeline. By 2035, it envisages scaled manufacturing, centres of excellence and clearer pathways to industrial adoption.
The report has been delivered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) in partnership with the Metamaterials Strategy Action Group (MSAG),
The roadmap forms part of the National Materials Innovation Programme, which supports the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy and Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan.
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