Multiscale Modelling of Advanced Materials (eBook)

Preface 6
Contents 10
About the Editors 11
1 Material Selection Techniques in Materials for Electronics 12
1 Introduction 12
2 Material Selection Methodologies 12
3 Ashby’s Approach 13
4 Topsis Approach 15
5 VIKOR Approach 16
6 Applications for Various Devices 17
6.1 Ashby’s Analysis 19
6.2 TOPSIS Analysis 22
6.3 VIKOR Analysis 22
7 Conclusion 24
References 25
2 Some Aspects of Artificial Engineered Materials: Planar and Conformal Geometries 27
1 Introduction 27
2 Low Loss Planar Wideband LHM Structure Based on E-Shaped Resonator 29
2.1 Unit Cell Analysis 29
2.2 Results and Discussion 30
2.3 Experimental Result 35
3 A Skewed Omega for LHM Characteristics 37
3.1 Numerical and Experiment Analysis of Skewed Omega MTM Unit Cell 38
3.2 Design and Characterization of MTM Unit Cell 39
4 Characterization and EM Response of a Conformal Concentric Sectored Split Sierpinski Resonator 41
4.1 Design of LHM Unit Cell 43
4.2 Results and Discussion 44
5 Summary 47
References 47
3 Advanced Materials for Aerospace Applications 49
1 Introduction 49
2 Challenges in Developing Stealth Materials 51
3 Sub-domains of Stealth 52
3.1 Microwave Stealth 53
3.2 Infrared Stealth 65
3.3 Visible Spectrum 71
4 Conclusion 73
References 73
4 Radar Absorber Design using Two-Dimensional Materials 76
1 Introduction 76
2 Challenges in Conventional Radar Absorber Designs 77
3 RAM Designs based on Nanomaterials 78
3.1 Metamaterial-based Radar Absorbers 78
3.2 Conducting Polymer-based Radar Absorbers 80
3.3 Graphene-based Radar Absorbers 83
4 Conclusion 88
References 88
5 3D Metamaterial Multilayer Structures 90
1 Introduction 90
2 3-Dimensional (3D) Metamaterial 93
2.1 Basic Model of 3D Circular Split-Ring Resonator (3D-CSRR) 95
2.2 3D-Square Split-Ring Resonator (3D-SRR) Metamaterial Structure 100
2.3 3D Dual Circular Split-Ring Resonator (3D-DCSRR) Metamaterial Structure 102
3 Conclusion 104
References 105
6 Metamaterial-Inspired Planar Cells for Miniaturized Filtering Applications 108
1 Introduction 108
2 Compact CPW Metamaterial-Inspired Lines and Its Use in Bandpass Filter 110
2.1 Base Slit Triangular SRR—CPW TL 111
2.2 Base-Coupled TSRR-Loaded CPW 112
2.3 Vertex-Coupled TSRR-Loaded CPW 113
2.4 Parametric Study of Base-Coupled SRR-Loaded CPW 113
3 Metamaterial Microstrip Line for Miniaturized Band-Stop and Bandpass Filter 117
3.1 Hex-Omega-Shaped Metamaterial Resonator 118
3.2 Metamaterial-Inspired Filter Implementation 119
3.3 Parametric Study 123
4 Summary 124
References 125
7 Conducting Polymer-based Antennas 127
1 Introduction 127
2 Materials 128
2.1 Conducting Polymers and RF Antennas 128
3 Antenna Design using Materials 130
3.1 Design and Analysis of Fractal Antenna using Copper Patch 130
3.2 Design and Analysis of Fractal Antenna using PEDOT Patch 135
3.3 Design and Analysis of Fractal Antenna using Polypyrrole Patch 136
3.4 Comparison of Fractal GPS Antennas using Materials 137
4 Conclusion 138
References 140
8 Metamaterial Resonator Antennas 141
1 Introduction 141
2 CRLH T/L-Based MTM Antenna 143
2.1 CRLH T/L Theory 143
2.2 CRLH Antenna Design 145
3 ENG T/L-Based MTM Antenna 147
3.1 ENG T/L Theory 147
3.2 ENG Antenna Design 148
4 MNG T/L-Based MTM Antenna 150
4.1 MNG T/L Theory 151
4.2 MNG Antenna Design 152
5 Conclusion 153
References 154
9 Antenna Performance Enhancement using Metasurface 155
1 Introduction 155
1.1 Metamaterial 156
1.2 Metamaterial to Metasurface 157
1.3 Metasurface 158
2 Challenges of Metasurface 159
3 Antenna Performance Enhancement 160
3.1 Gain and Bandwidth Enhancement 160
3.2 Reconfigurable Antennas 161
3.3 Polarizer 162
4 Metascreen-based Antenna 164
4.1 Design of Source Antenna 164
4.2 Design of Metascreen-Loaded Antenna 166
5 Metafilm-based Antenna 169
5.1 Design of Source Antenna 170
5.2 Design of Metafilm-Loaded Antenna 171
6 Conclusion 174
References 174
10 Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures 176
1 Introduction 176
2 EBGs 177
3 Three-Dimensional (3D) EBG 179
4 Two-Dimensional (2D) EBG 180
4.1 Mushroom EBG 180
4.2 Uniplanar EBG 183
4.3 Spiral EBG 183
4.4 Comparison of Mushroom, Uniplanar and Spiral EBGs 184
5 One-Dimensional EBG 184
6 Applications of EBGs 185
6.1 Gain and Bandwidth Enhancement 185
6.2 Mutual Coupling Reduction 186
6.3 Biomedical Applications (SAR Reduction) 188
6.4 Other Applications 188
7 Conclusion 189
References 189
11 Survey on Dielectric Resonator and Substrate Integrated Waveguide-Based 5G MIMO Antenna with Different Mutual Coupling Reduction Techniques 191
1 Introduction 191
2 5G Communication 192
3 5G MIMO Antenna 194
4 Isolation in 5G MIMO Antenna 194
4.1 Defective Ground Structure 195
4.2 Decoupling Network 195
4.3 Parasitic Element 195
4.4 Neutralization of Line 195
4.5 Electromagnetic Band Gap Structure 196
4.6 Metamaterial Polarization-Rotator Wall 196
4.7 MetaSurface 196
5 Related Research Work 196
6 Conclusion 204
References 205