New materials for electromagnetic shielding: Metal foams with plasma properties

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1700-1705

  Monti, Giuseppina ^a   Catarinucci, Luca ^a   Tarricone, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drude model; Electromagnetic shield; FDTD; Homogenization effective media; Metal foams; Plasma; Shielding effectiveness

Indexed keywords

DRUDE MODELS; EFFECTIVE MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD; FDTD; METAL FOAMS; SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; FOAMS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; METALS; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR SHIELDING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 77955702870     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.25309     Document Type: Article

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