Design of tunable graphene-based antenna arrays for microwave applications

This work exploits the possibility of use graphene for the design of reconfigurable antenna arrays at microwave frequencies. In particular, advanced design methodologies also based on evolutionary techniques and aimed at integrate graphene in the feeding networks of antenna arrays are presented. Numerical results concerning graphene microwave antennas are reported and compared with those obtained with standard materials. The obtained preliminary results demonstrate the potentialities of graphene microwave antenna.