Microwave dielectric properties of DNA based polymers between 10 and 30 GHz

Author

Subramanyam, Guru ; Heckman, Emily ; Grote, James ; Hopkins, Frank

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Dayton, OH, USA

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

232

Lastpage

234

Abstract

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based polymer thin-films were characterized at microwave frequencies for the first time. The dielectric properties of the film were extracted from comparison of the propagation constants of the co-planar waveguide (CPW) lines on bare MgO substrates and the DNA based films on MgO substrates. The insertion loss introduced by the DNA film is only 0.1 dB at 10 GHz and 0.5 dB at 30 GHz. The relative dielectric constant of the DNA based film averages to four at microwave frequencies, and the loss-tangent was below 0.1 up to 30 GHz.

Keywords

DNA; coplanar waveguide components; dielectric materials; magnesium compounds; microwave photonics; molecular electronics; polymer films; thin films; 0.1 dB; 0.5 dB; 10 to 30 GHz; DNA based polymers; coplanar waveguide lines; dielectric constant; microwave dielectric properties; microwave frequencies; microwave photonics; polymer thin films; propagation constants; Conductors; Coplanar waveguides; DNA; Dielectrics; Microwave frequencies; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Polymer films; Coplanar waveguide (CPW) lines; dielectric deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based polymers; microwave characterization; microwave photonics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2005.845705

Filename

1416938