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2013-07-12
In-Situ Large Area Fabrication of Metamaterials on Arbitrary Substrates Using Paint Process
By
Pramod Singh,

    Dr. Pramod Singh

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Tufts University

    USA

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Christopher Mutzel,

    Dr. Christopher Mutzel

    Nano Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    USA

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Samuel MacNaughton,

    Dr. Samuel MacNaughton

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    USA

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Sameer Sonkusale

    Dr. Sameer Sonkusale

    Tufts University

    USA

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 141, 117-133, 2013
doi:10.2528/PIER13050313
Abstract
This paper proposes a novel method to make large area metamaterials on arbitrary planar hard or flexible substrates, in-situ. The method is based on painting the desired substrate with metallic and dielectric paints through a patterned stencil mask. We demonstrate this painting approach to fabricate ultra-thin perfect electromagnetic absorbers based on metamaterials at X-band frequencies (8-12 GHz) with paper based stencils, silver ink and latex paint. Measurement results on absorber samples made with this process shows absorption of 95%-99%, in close agreement with simulation results. The proposed painting approach is a simple low cost additive manufacturing process that can be used to realize metamaterial based frequency selective surfaces and filters, radar absorbers, camouflage screens, electromagnetic sensors and EMI protection devices.
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Pramod Singh, Christopher Mutzel, Samuel MacNaughton, and Sameer Sonkusale, "In-Situ Large Area Fabrication of Metamaterials on Arbitrary Substrates Using Paint Process," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 141, 117-133, 2013.
doi:10.2528/PIER13050313
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