Broadband characterization of carbon nanotube networks

IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 208-211

  Decrossas, Emmanuel ^a   El Sabbagh, Mahmoud A ^a   Hanna, Victor Fouad ^b   El Ghazaly, Samir M ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b UPMC UNIV PARIS 06   (France)

Author keywords

Broadband measurements; Carbon nanotube; Coaxial transmission line discontinuities; Mode matching methods; Nanotechnology; Permittivity measurement

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND CHARACTERIZATION; BROADBAND MEASUREMENTS; CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE DISCONTINUITIES; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; FULL-WAVE MODE; GENERALIZED SCATTERING; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; MATERIAL UNDER TESTS; MODE MATCHING METHODS; NETWORK ANALYZER; NON DESTRUCTIVE; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SOLID FORMS; TESTING CONFIGURATIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

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EID: 79952413657     PISSN: 10774076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEMC.2010.5711273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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