The periodic changes in the physical and chemical properties of the chemical elements are caused by the periodic change of the ionization energies, which are constant for each element that manifested in the Periodic Table. However, as has been recently shown the modification of the electromagnetic field in the photonic crystals gives rise to the modification of the electron electromagnetic mass. We show that the effect can significantly change the ionization energy of atoms placed in voids of photonic crystals consisting of metamaterials with a highly tunable refractive index and voids. The controllability of these materials gives rise to the controllability of the ionization energies over a wide range.

化学元素的物理和化学性质的周期性变化是由电离能的周期性变化引起的，电离能的周期性变化对于周期表中显示的每种元素都是恒定的。但是，如最近所示，光子晶体中电磁场的改变引起电子电磁质量的改变。我们表明，该效应可以显着改变放置在由具有高度可调折射率的超材料和空隙组成的光子晶体空隙中的原子的电离能。这些材料的可控性在很宽的范围内引起了电离能的可控性。