From Flexible and Stretchable Meta-Atom to Metamaterial: A Wearable Microwave Meta-Skin with Tunable Frequency Selective and Cloaking Effects

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, Siming ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Yang, Mingda ^a   Wang, Qiugu ^a   Song, Jiming ^a   Dong, Liang ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

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EID: 84959149500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21921     Document Type: Article

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