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A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology
A stretchable electromagnetic absorber fabricated using screen printing technology is proposed in this paper. We used a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate to fabricate the stretchable absorber since PDMS exhibits good dielectric properties, flexibility, and restoring capabilities. DuPont PE872 (D...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470920/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28531136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17051175 |
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description | A stretchable electromagnetic absorber fabricated using screen printing technology is proposed in this paper. We used a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate to fabricate the stretchable absorber since PDMS exhibits good dielectric properties, flexibility, and restoring capabilities. DuPont PE872 (DuPont, Wilmington, CT, USA), a stretchable silver conductive ink, was used for the screen printing technique. The reflection coefficient of the absorber was measured using a vector network analyzer and a waveguide. The proposed absorber was designed as a rectangular patch unit cell, wherein the top of the unit cell acted as the patch and the bottom formed the ground. The size of the patch was 8 mm × 7 mm. The prototype of the absorber consisted of two unit cells such that it fits into the WR-90 waveguide (dimensions: 22.86 mm × 10.16 mm) for experimental measurement. Before stretching the absorber, the resonant frequency was 11 GHz. When stretched along the x-direction, the resonant frequency shifted by 0.1 GHz, from 11 to 10.9 GHz, demonstrating 99% absorption. Furthermore, when stretched along the y-direction, the resonant frequency shifted by 0.6 GHz, from 11 to 10.4 GHz, demonstrating 99% absorption. |
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spelling | pubmed-54709202017-06-16 A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology Jeong, Heijun Lim, Sungjoon Sensors (Basel) Article A stretchable electromagnetic absorber fabricated using screen printing technology is proposed in this paper. We used a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate to fabricate the stretchable absorber since PDMS exhibits good dielectric properties, flexibility, and restoring capabilities. DuPont PE872 (DuPont, Wilmington, CT, USA), a stretchable silver conductive ink, was used for the screen printing technique. The reflection coefficient of the absorber was measured using a vector network analyzer and a waveguide. The proposed absorber was designed as a rectangular patch unit cell, wherein the top of the unit cell acted as the patch and the bottom formed the ground. The size of the patch was 8 mm × 7 mm. The prototype of the absorber consisted of two unit cells such that it fits into the WR-90 waveguide (dimensions: 22.86 mm × 10.16 mm) for experimental measurement. Before stretching the absorber, the resonant frequency was 11 GHz. When stretched along the x-direction, the resonant frequency shifted by 0.1 GHz, from 11 to 10.9 GHz, demonstrating 99% absorption. Furthermore, when stretched along the y-direction, the resonant frequency shifted by 0.6 GHz, from 11 to 10.4 GHz, demonstrating 99% absorption. MDPI 2017-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5470920/ /pubmed/28531136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17051175 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jeong, Heijun Lim, Sungjoon A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology |
title | A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology |
title_full | A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology |
title_fullStr | A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology |
title_full_unstemmed | A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology |
title_short | A Stretchable Electromagnetic Absorber Fabricated Using Screen Printing Technology |
title_sort | stretchable electromagnetic absorber fabricated using screen printing technology |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470920/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28531136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17051175 |
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