Mean-field electrodynamic theory of aligned carbon nanotube composites

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1412-1419

  Mikki, Said M ^a   Kishk, Ahmed A ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Homogenization formalisms; Left hand propagation

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; AXIAL RESPONSE; CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM THEORIES; FIRST-ORDER; GEOMETRIC RESONANCE; HOMOGENIZATION FORMALISMS; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; LEFT-HAND PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL DERIVATION; MEAN-FIELD; PARALLEL POLARIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67349162781     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2016687     Document Type: Article

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