Rigorous characterization of carbon nanotube complex permittivity over a broadband of RF frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-87

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

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c Anaren Microwave Inc   (United States)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alumina; broadband; carbon nanotubes (CNTs); coaxial discontinuities; complex permittivity measurements; mode matching technique (MMT); nanoparticles; radio frequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; COAXIAL DISCONTINUITIES; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; MODE-MATCHING TECHNIQUE; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF);

ALUMINA; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84857455159     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2011.2174788     Document Type: Article

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