TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The amorphous metal comprises ZrCuAlNi. The ZrCuAlNi has the composition ZrxCuyAlzNiw. The amorphous metal comprises TiAl. The TiAl has the composition Tix'Yy'. The second film layer comprises an amorphous oxide. The second film layer comprises aluminum phosphate zeolite (AlPO). The AlPO has the composition Al2(PO4)2-xO3-3x''/2. The second film layer comprises ZircSOx1. The ZircSOx1 has the composition ZircO2-x(SO4)x1. The second film layer comprises HafSOx1. The HafSOx has the composition HafO2-x(SO4)x1. The amorphous metal comprises at least one element selected from Groups IV, V, VI, X, XI, XII, Al, Mg, Sn, or Zn. The second film layer comprises Al2O3, aluminum phosphate, silicon dioxide, a metal halide, calcium fluoride, zirconium oxide, hafnium dioxide, titanium dioxide, SnO2, and/or ZnO. The amorphous metal comprises metallic elements with varying atomic radii causing a deep eutectic point.x=greater than 30;y=greater than 20;z=greater than 30;w=greater than 30;x'=less than 60;y'=greater than 40;x''=0-2;x1=0.4-1.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Material: The dielectric constant of the metamaterial comprises a value different from that present in bulk homogenous materials. The thermal conductivity of the metamaterial comprises a value different from that present in bulk homogenous materials. The first and second layers are disposed in continuity with one another. The films layers comprise at least 4 pairs of the first and second layers. The effective dielectric constant of the film layers is anisotropic. The effective dielectric constant in the plane of the layers has the opposite sign to that of the effective dielectric constant perpendicular to the plane of the layers. The film layer has a negative index of refraction, a positive index of refraction, hyperbolic dispersion, and anisotropic thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity in the plane of the layers has the opposite sign to that of the thermal conductivity perpendicular to the plane of the layers. The first film layer has a thickness less than 20 nm. The first and second film layers have a combined thickness of less than 100 nm. The first and second film layers have an interface with it which is atomically smooth. The first film layer has a resistivity of at least 100 Omega -cm. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.