Brahim Aïssa, Mourad Nedil, M. A. Habib, E. Haddad, Wes Jamroz, Daniel Therriault
, Y. Coulibaly and Federico Rosei
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Abstract
This letter describes the fabrication and characterization of a fluidic patch antenna operating at the S-band frequency (4GHz). The antenna prototype is composed of a nanocomposite material made by a liquid metal alloy (eutectic gallium indium) blended with single-wall carbon-nanotube (SWNTs). The nanocomposite is then enclosed in a polymeric substrate by employing the UV-assisted direct-writing technology. The fluidic antennas specimens feature excellent performances, in perfect agreement with simulations, showing an increase in the electrical conductivity and reflection coefficient with respect to the SWNTs concentration. The effect of the SWNTs on the long-term stability of antenna's mechanical properties is also demonstrated.
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2000 Materials science and technology > 2003 Metallurgy/metals/alloys 2100 Mechanical engineering > 2100 Mechanical engineering |
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| Department: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Research Center: | CREPEC - Center for Applied Research on Polymers and Composites |
| Funders: | Canada Foundation for Innovation, CRSNG/NSERC, Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT), Canada Research Chairs Program |
| PolyPublie URL: | https://publications.polymtl.ca/10402/ |
| Journal Title: | Applied Physics Letters (vol. 103, no. 6) |
| Publisher: | AIP |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.4817861 |
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4817861 |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2022 12:43 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2025 01:36 |
| Cite in APA 7: | Aïssa, B., Nedil, M., Habib, M. A., Haddad, E., Jamroz, W., Therriault, D., Coulibaly, Y., & Rosei, F. (2013). Fluidic patch antenna based on liquid metal alloy/single-wall carbon-nanotubes operating at the S-band frequency. Applied Physics Letters, 103(6), 063101 (5 pages). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4817861 |
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