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A Printed Xi-Shaped Left-Handed Metamaterial on Low-Cost Flexible Photo Paper
- Source :
- Materials, Vol 10, Iss 7, p 752 (2017), Materials, Materials; Volume 10; Issue 7; Pages: 752
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2017.
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Abstract
- A Xi-shaped meta structure, has been introduced in this paper. A modified split-ring resonator (MSRR) and a capacitive loaded strip (CLS) were used to achieve the left-handed property of the metamaterial. The structure was printed using silver metallic nanoparticle ink, using a very low-cost photo paper as a substrate material. Resonators were inkjet-printed using silver nanoparticle metallic ink on paper to make this metamaterial flexible. It is also free from any kind of chemical waste, which makes it eco-friendly. A double negative region from 8.72 GHz to 10.91 GHz (bandwidth of 2.19 GHz) in the X-band microwave spectra was been found. Figure of merit was also obtained to measure any loss in the double negative region. The simulated result was verified by the performance of the fabricated prototype. The total dimensions of the proposed structure were 0.29 λ × 0.29 λ × 0.007 λ. It is a promising unit cell because of its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and easy fabrication process.
- Subjects :
- paper substrate
Fabrication
Materials science
Capacitive sensing
Nanoparticle
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
metamaterial
lcsh:Technology
Article
Resonator
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Figure of merit
General Materials Science
lcsh:Microscopy
lcsh:QC120-168.85
inkjet printing
lcsh:QH201-278.5
Inkwell
lcsh:T
business.industry
double negative
Bandwidth (signal processing)
Metamaterial
020206 networking & telecommunications
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
flexibility
lcsh:TA1-2040
nanoparticle ink technology
Optoelectronics
lcsh:Descriptive and experimental mechanics
lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
0210 nano-technology
business
lcsh:TK1-9971
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19961944
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Materials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9a5e7ff69ad776901d6aded6fc27f296