Tunable magneto-dielectric polymer nanocomposites for microwave applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-310

  Morales, Cesar ^a   Dewdney, Julio ^a   Pal, Susmita ^a   Skidmore, Scott ^b   Stojak, Kristen ^b   Srikanth, Hariharan ^b   Weller, Thomas ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric losses; magnetic losses; magneto dielectric; microstrip resonators; nanocomposites; permeability; permittivity

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; COMPLEX PERMEABILITY; DC MAGNETIC FIELD; DIELECTRIC POLYMERS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LOSS TANGENT; LOW LOSS; MAGNETIC LOSSES; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICROSTRIP RESONATORS; MICROSTRIPES; MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVE DEVICE APPLICATION; MICROWAVE PROPERTY; MONODISPERSIONS; MULTI-LAYERED; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; SPECIFIC FREQUENCIES; TEST FIXTURE; TUNABILITIES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; PERMITTIVITY; RESONATORS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79951854146     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2092788     Document Type: Article

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