Experimental research on the microwave properties of carbon nanotube array

Author

Li, Si ; Zhu, Qi ; Xin, Hao

Author_Institution

Dept. of EEIS, Univ. of Sci. &Tech. of China, Hefei, China

fYear

2012

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

334

Abstract

In this paper, the transmission and radiation properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) array are investigated experimentally. It has been found that the transmission of the waveguide is improved by installing the CNT array in the rectangular waveguide, indicating the CNT arrays can transport microwave energy efficiently. By comparing the radiations of microstrip Yagi-Uda antenna and microstrip patch with and without CNT arrays, it has been found that the loads of CNT arrays can change the radiations significantly. When the CNTs are excited properly by the antennas, part of microwave energy transports along the CNT array and radiates at the end of the CNT array, changing the radiation of the original antennas.

Keywords

Yagi antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; carbon nanotubes; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; rectangular waveguides; CNT array; carbon nanotube array; microstrip Yagi-Uda antenna; microstrip patch antenna; microwave energy; microwave properties; radiation properties; rectangular waveguide; waveguide transmission; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Carbon nanotubes; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; carbon nanotube array; carbon nanotube yarns; microwave antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2012 IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0036-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2012.6178679

Filename

6178679