The design and applications of tunable metamaterials

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue , 2012, Pages 802-807

  Zhong, Jingping ^a   Huang, Yongjun ^a   Wen, Guangjun ^a   Sun, Haibin ^a   Zhu, Weiren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Applications; Electromagnetic; Metamaterial; Microwave; Tunability

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND APPLICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH PROGRESS; TUNABILITIES; TUNABLE METAMATERIALS;

APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; FERRITES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROWAVES;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84863380400     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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