Ultrathin and lightweight microwave absorbers made of mu-near-zero metamaterials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhong, Shuomin ^a   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84903816779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02083     Document Type: Article

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