Metamaterials: Beyond of Refraction

When D. R. Smith, in 2000, for the first time observed the negative refraction in a metamaterial medium, the understanding of wave-matter interaction changed forever. The word “meta” means “beyond” in Greek, and in this sense, “metamaterials” refers to “beyond conventional materials”. Metamaterials are usually artificial and have properties which do not occur in natural materials. So, what is exciting about such artificial metamaterials which is attracting so much attention of current interest for the physicists, today?