Low dielectric polyimide aerogels as substrates for lightweight patch antennas

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6346-6353

  Meador, Mary Ann B ^a   Wright, Sarah ^a,f   Sandberg, Anna ^a,f   Nguyen, Baochau N ^b   Van Keuls, Frederick W ^c   Mueller, Carl H ^d   Rodríguez Solís, Rafael ^e   Miranda, Félix A ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Vantage Partners LLC   (United States)

^d QinetiQ North America   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f Intern for NASA   (United States)

Author keywords

aerogels; antennas; low dielectric; mesoporous; polyimides

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SUBSTRATES; COMMERCIAL SUBSTRATES; LOSS TANGENT; LOW DENSITY; LOW DIELECTRIC; MESOPOROUS; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; RELATIVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; STATE OF PRACTICE;

AEROGELS; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; POLYIMIDES;

SUBSTRATES;

POLYIMIDE RESIN; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GEL; IMPEDANCE; MATERIALS TESTING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GELS; MATERIALS TESTING; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84870478791     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am301985s     Document Type: Article

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