Directly drawing metamaterials on paper based on an automatic drawing machine

Autor: Kaiyue Zhu, Shuyang Hao, Ke Chen, Tian Jiang, Junming Zhao, Yijun Feng
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Optical Materials Express. 12:4299
ISSN: 2159-3930
DOI: 10.1364/ome.472866
Popis: Paper-based metamaterial is one kind of metamaterial based on the paper substrate, recently drawing a lot of attention due to its fascinating features. This paper proposes another fabrication solution to realize paper-based metamaterials by directly drawing instead of inkjet printing. The drawing tools we used included mechanical pencils, conductive ink pens, and a computer-controlled drawing machine. Three types of paper-based metamaterials—polarization converter, absorber, and conformal coding metasurface—have been fabricated by the drawing technique. The performances of these paper-based metamaterials have been validated through both simulations and measurements. The proposed drawing technique offers an economical, convenient, and flexible way to fabricate paper-based metamaterials with the advantages of thinness, lightness, and softness. It would be promising to apply in other regions of microwaves and electronics.
Databáze: OpenAIRE