An integral formulation for the electrodynamics of metallic carbon nanotubes based on a fluid model

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2713-2724

  Miano, Giovanni ^a   Villone, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrodynamics; Finite elements; Fluid model; Integral formulation; Metallic carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FLUID MODEL; INTEGRAL FORMULATION; METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES;

ELECTRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33750101601     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.882170     Document Type: Article

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