Incremental Maxwell Garnett formalism for homogenizing particulate composite media

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 276-279

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bianisotropic media; Composite media; Maxwell garnett

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BIANISOTROPIC MEDIA; MAXWELL GARNETT (MG) FORMALISM;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032024701     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199803)17:4<276::AID-MOP17>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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