"Antennas can absorb energy, and antennas can transmit energy," said Kotter. "We're working on some designs where you do thermal energy management. They're like heat sinks, sponges that can absorb certain wavelengths of energy." For manufacturers that are trying to cool down electronic circuitry that puts off a certain wavelength of energy, the antennas could be designed to be very efficient at absorbing all of that energy and moving it away from the electronics. Kotter said the lab is already in the process of getting partners together to go into the development of prototypes for those types of applications."