Talk:History of metamaterials

References!!!! Ahchtung!
Why do people copy-paste refs without checking? Lets see the Pafomov's case: JETP 36 1321 (1959) Are you sure? Maybe JETP 9 1321 (1959), or JETP 36 1853 (1959) ? Can anyone confirm? P.S. This is not phys rev journal, you can leave the actual title in the reference here. Even in Russian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.48.109.18 (talk) 14:45, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 9 one external links on History of metamaterials. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110607114622/http://www.lehigh.edu/IMI/winterschool_lectures/Physics%20today%202004.pdf to http://www.lehigh.edu/IMI/winterschool_lectures/Physics%20today%202004.pdf
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110727154205/http://www.tkk.fi/Yksikot/Sahkomagnetiikka/kurssit/S-96.4620/2006/reports/artificial_history_pekka.pdf to http://www.tkk.fi/Yksikot/Sahkomagnetiikka/kurssit/S-96.4620/2006/reports/artificial_history_pekka.pdf
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110629002127/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD273611&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf to http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD273611&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20100629152555/http://nanoscience.bu.edu/papers/Averitt_Padilla_OE_2008.pdf to http://nanoscience.bu.edu/papers/Averitt_Padilla_OE_2008.pdf
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110814031458/http://cscmr.snu.ac.kr/jnl/nat_416_685.pdf to http://cscmr.snu.ac.kr/jnl/nat_416_685.pdf
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110707024816/http://dsl.nju.edu.cn/litao/res/%5Bpendry_ieee_trans_mtt_1999%5D.pdf to http://dsl.nju.edu.cn/litao/res/%5Bpendry_ieee_trans_mtt_1999%5D.pdf
 * Added archive https://web.http://www.webcitation.org/5oJFbfeAD to http://people.ee.duke.edu/~drsmith/pubs_smith_group/Smith_PRL_84_4184_(2000).pdf
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20100723222109/http://mesoscopic.mines.edu/mediawiki/images/6/61/Meta_review2007.pdf to http://mesoscopic.mines.edu/mediawiki/images/6/61/Meta_review2007.pdf
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110821195631/http://mesoscopic.mines.edu/mediawiki/images/a/a4/NaderEngheta_review.pdf to http://mesoscopic.mines.edu/mediawiki/images/a/a4/NaderEngheta_review.pdf

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 11:26, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

What is a metamaterial? Why is there not an article that explains this?
This article would be fine as a companion to a metamaterial article, but as the only article that attempts to unify the individual articles on various types of metamaterials, IMO it's very disappointing. What's a metamaterial? Who cares? Let's talk about the history of an undefined term for several whole sections before giving a simplistic one-sentence definition! The fact that the intro is IMHO poorly written in addition to failing to provide the reader with any inkling of what it's providing a history of just makes the article all the more frustrating. -- Ataru (talk) 17:58, 23 January 2022 (UTC)