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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

CNT Conductive Epoxy Composite Metamaterials: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization.

Alexa Rizzo, Claudia Luhrs, Brian Earp, Dragoslav Grbovic

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alexa RizzoMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA.
Claudia LuhrsMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1655-2593
Brian EarpMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA.
Dragoslav GrbovicPhysics Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA.

Funding

Office of Naval Research N0001420WX00848
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, carbon nanotube (CNT) epoxy composite films were fabricated, characterized, and tested as resonant, plasmonic metamaterials. CNT-epoxy formulations, containing diverse CNT loadings, were fabricated and templates were used to generate repeating arrays of squares of diverse dimensions. Their absorption characteristics were characterized by collecting free space reflectivity data in the microwave band, using an arch setup in an anechoic chamber. Data were collected from 2 to 20 GHz. The materials behavior was modeled using a standard unit-cell-based finite element model, and the experimental and calculated data were compared. The experimental results were successfully reproduced with appropriate adjustments to relative permittivity of the composite films. This research demonstrates the ability to use CNT-based conductive composites for manufacturing metamaterials, offering a potentially lighter-weight alternative in place of traditional metal films. Lower conductivity than other conductors causes a widening of the absorption curves, providing a wider band of frequency absorption.

Indexed as

carbon nanotubeconductive epoxy compositeselectromagnetic interference shieldingmetamaterialmicrowave absorption

Identifiers

PMID33114213
PMCPMC7660653

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