Electromagnetic materials of artificially controlled properties for 3D printing applications

Author

Min Liang ; Xiaoju Yu ; Shemelya, Corey ; Roberson, Dennis ; MacDonald, Eric ; Wicker, Ryan ; Hao Xin

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

228

Abstract

In this paper, a polymer matrix composite method by mixing printable polymer with a number of possible nanoparticles is investigated to achieve artificially controlled effective electromagnetic properties for 3D additive manufacturing applications. The material properties are evaluated using effective medium theory. The results show that this method can achieve robust electromagnetic property control with various nanoparticle fillings.

Keywords

electromagnetic metamaterials; nanoparticles; polymers; three-dimensional printing; 3D additive manufacturing applications; 3D printing applications; additive manufacturing; artificially controlled effective electromagnetic properties; artificially controlled properties; effective medium theory; electromagnetic materials; material properties; nanoparticle fillings; nanoparticles; polymer matrix composite method; printable polymer; robust electromagnetic property control; Permeability; Permittivity; Polymers; Printing; Three-dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904445

Filename

6904445