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Electromagnetic and Dielectric Performance of Polymer–Ceramic Composite Substrates for Fractal-Based IoT-Antenna Fabrication
Abstract: Polymer–ceramic composite substrates play a crucial role in determining the electromagnetic performance, mechanical stability, and thermal reliability of radio-frequency devices. In this work, a polymer-based composite substrate is systematically investigated for its suitability in compact IoT and RFID antenna applications. A fractal-structured antenna is employed as a functional test platform to evaluate the dielectric behavior, impedance characteristics, and radiation efficiency of the composite substrate. Novelty of the proposed reader antenna …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 1518–1534 Read article
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Comparative Study on the Growth and Yield of Ganoderma lucidium Mushroom Cultivated on African Peach (Nauclea diderrichii) and Bush Mango (Endospermum medullosum) Sawdust as Substrates
Abstract: This study was conducted to find out which substrate provides for the best artificial development of G. lucidium. Mango (Mangifera indica) leaves were added to the saw dusts of Nauclea diderrichii and Endospermum medullosum, which were both utilized as substrates for growing. The substrates were inoculated with Ganoderma spawn and then exposed and hydrated to start the fruiting process. Three replications of the process were carried out. It was observed …
Published in International Journal of Fungi · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 39–45 Read article
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Exploring Polymer Substrates for CBSIW Antennas: Paper and Denim for Enhanced Gain and Bandwidth
Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach to antenna design by leveraging the unique properties of paper and Denim materials, both of which are polymers. This research underscores the potential of unconventional polymer materials like paper and jeans in antenna design, offering new avenues for the development of lightweight, flexible, and cost-effective communication devices for diverse wireless applications. The study focuses on the design and analysis of non-conventional substrate-based Circular Backed …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2024 · pp. 64–80 Read article
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Pore Distributions in Porous Anodic Aluminum Oxide (PAAO) Surfaces of Pure and Commercial Aluminum Substrates
Abstract: Porous anodic aluminum oxide (PAAO) surfaces were developed on pure aluminum (PA) and commercial aluminum (CA) substrates by anodization as a function of voltage in phosphoric acid bath at 278 K and were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The interpore distances were plotted in the form of frequency histograms to examine pore-ordering characteristics. Self-ordered porous structures have been obtained at 200 and 160 V for PA and CA substrates respectively …
Published in Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 143–153 Read article
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Properties of ZnO Thin Film deposited on Flexible Substrate using RF Sputtering
Abstract: Semiconductor materials demand is increased in recent years, due to new emerging technologies. There is need to find the alternate for silicon in electronics industry, as silicon is brittle in nature and has low efficiency, which makes it unsuitable for transparent and flexible device. Zinc oxide (ZnO) is emerging as popular choice of researchers due to its wide range of properties, abundancy and non-toxicity. This work explores the properties of …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 4, 2024 · pp. 50–56 Read article
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Synthesis and Characterization of Forsterite Incorporated HDPE Composites for Microwave Substrate Application
Abstract: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) combined with dispersed forsterite (Mg₂SiO₄) powder was utilized to fabricate polymer matrix composites (PMCs) aimed at high-frequency microwave substrate applications. Forsterite powders were synthesized using the mixed oxide method, and their phase purity was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The dispersion and morphology of the ceramic filler within the HDPE matrix were examined through Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), ensuring a homogeneous distribution essential for optimal …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 109–120 Read article
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Comparison Analysis of Transformer Boosting and Induced Degeneration Topology Design of LNA for Millimeter Wave Frequency Range Using Polymeric Substrates
Abstract: In this study, a comparison between transformer boosting and source degeneration LNA topologies is conducted using two polymeric substrates—Polyimide (PI) and Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP)—for millimeter-wave (mmWave) applications. With growing interest in flexible and high-frequency electronics, polymeric materials offer unique advantages such as low dielectric constants, mechanical flexibility, and thermal stability. The analysis explores gain, return loss, and noise figure performance while evaluating the influence of dielectric properties on the …
Published in International Journal of Electrical and Communication Engineering Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 1–24 Read article
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Tri-Band Edge-Cut Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna on Composite Substrate for RF Energy Harvesting in IoT Networks
Abstract: The increasing use of Internet of Things devices underscores the pressing need for sustainable energy solutions, since traditional batteries necessitate regular replacement and constrain scalability. Radio frequency energy harvesting is a viable option; nonetheless, antenna design continues to provide a significant problem owing to the requirements for compactness, efficiency, and multi-band functionality. A hybrid composite substrate configuration combining FR4 (εr = 4.3) and RT Duroid (εr = 2.2) is employed …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 867–883 Read article
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Analysis and Design of Coaxial Fed Microstrip Antenna on Multilayer substrate at Terahertz Frequency
Abstract: AbstractThe paper presents the performance of an antenna on a three-layered substrate material analyzed to enhance the electrical parameters such as bandwidth and gain of a microstrip antenna. A regular rectangular microstrip antenna design has been updated to a planar parabolic horn design for improving bandwidth to up to 30 times provided by a rectangular patch. The design has been simulated at 0.6 THz resonant frequency using Keysight’s ADS (Advanced …
Published in Journal of Microwave Engineering and Technologies · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 11–14 Read article
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Wearable Antenna using Foam Substrate for Multiband Application
Abstract: The novel and flexible antenna for modern communication system is studied in this paper. The proposed antenna is compact in size, shows high directivity and large bandwidth. Polystyrene foam material is used as a substrate because such antenna is bendable, wearable, inexpensive, require less attention and having good features like low dielectric constant, low loss tangent and better efficiency. The parameters of antenna such as reflection coefficient, gain, bandwidth, radiation …
Published in Journal of Telecommunication, Switching Systems and Networks · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 23–26 Read article
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Advanced Liquid Crystal Polymer Substrate for Flexible Antenna Design
Abstract: A type of thermoplastic polymers known as liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) is frequently used to package millimeter (mm)-wave, microwave, and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits that operate at frequencies as high as 60GHz. LCPs are of prospective relevance as packaging material for advanced circuits at mm-wave frequencies due to their appealing electrical, thermal, and mechanical qualities and comparatively low cost. Flexible and conformal antennas are made possible by LCP's exceptional …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 233–245 Read article
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Substrate Integrated Waveguide Bandpass Filter with Cross Slots and CSRRs
Abstract: AbstractA wide Bandpass filter using cross slots and CSRRRs at X-band is presented in this paper. Half power bandwidth of 2GHz is achieved with transmission zeros on both sides. The insertion loss in the entire band is better than -1dB. A flat group delay is observed in the entire passband.Keywords: Band pass filter, CSRR, SIW, SlotCite this ArticleP. M Anju, A.O Lindo, C.K. Aanandan. Substrate Integrated Waveguide Bandpass Filter with …
Published in Journal of Microwave Engineering and Technologies · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 1–4 Read article
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Complex Permittivity of Dielectric Substrate Measurements Using Ring Resonator
Abstract: In this paper, we are going to present a methodology which is more suitable and easy to measure complex permittivity of dielectric substrates using ring resonator of a planar circuits. Mainly it is based on the transmission type ring resonator with capacity coupling. On adjusting base resonant frequency of a ring resonator we can measure the dielectric constant and dissipation factor at wide frequency band and the remaining parameters can …
Published in Journal of Microwave Engineering and Technologies · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 9–12 Read article
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Gain Enhanced 2.4 GHz Slotted Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna with FR-4 Epoxy Substrate
Abstract: Applications that use the Internet of Things (IoT) must be combined with wireless networking technologies. This makes it easy to get to the application data. The wireless communication system is a key part of the infrastructure for the Internet of Things. It acts as a bridge for two-way connections to gather data and send control messages. In this work, HFSS software is used to create a rectangular microstrip patch antenna …
Published in Journal of Microwave Engineering and Technologies · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 20–26 Read article
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Effect of Annealling on Optical Band Gap of Fe2O3 Thin Films on Amorphos Transparent Glass Substrate by Spray Pyrolysis Method
Abstract: The Fe 2 O 3 thin film has widely used photo-electrochemical cells. In this paper, the optical properties like band gap of thin films is depend on annealed temperature at 100 o C and 200 o C was discussed. The optical property of Fe 2 O 3 are studied by UV- Vis spectroscopy .The optical band gap decreased after increasing annealing temperature. The refractive index of Fe 2 O 3 …
Published in Journal of Thin Films, Coating Science Technology & Application · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 25–29 Read article
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Production of Levan, A Potential Low Calorie Sweetener From Low Cost Substrates
Abstract: Levan is a biocompatible and bioactive bio-polymer with good rheological and medicinal properties. Due to its high cost, it is beyond reach of commons. The current study deals with levan production using regional low cost substrates as carbon source which will help to reduce its cost. 10 isolates were obtained from a novel source i.e. soil from jaggery preparation area, from which three levan producing isolates were selected and identified …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 8–18 Read article
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A Novel Technique for Improvement in Front-to-Back Ratio of MSA for WLAN/WiMAX using Corrugated Dielectric Substrate as a Reflector
Abstract: In this paper the design of a microstrip antenna (MSA) with corrugated dielectric reflector is proposed to improve the front-to-back ratio (FBR) and reduce the back lobes in radiation pattern of the antenna. The designed antenna operates at 5.8 GHz and simulated on CSTMWS’10 software. Simulation results show that proposed antenna has 21.8 dB higher FBR than that of conventional MSA.
Published in Journal of Electronic Design Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 25–29 Read article
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Enhancement of anticorrosion performance on aluminium substrate by novel nanocomposites of PANI/Bi2O3.CO.ZnO/CNT
Abstract: PANI/Bi2O3.CO.ZnO nanocomposites were prepared in presence of bismuth cobalt oxide nanoparticles at 25oC using ammonium persulphate as an oxidant in an in situ polymerisation with aqueous solution of camphor sulphonic acid (SDBS). These nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, FTIR, TEM, UV and SEM. The performance of PANI, PANI/Bi2O3.CO.ZnO nanocomposites and PANI/Bi2O3.CO.ZnO/CNT nanocomposites as anticorrosion protective coating on Al in 0.5 M HNO3 was studied by using potentiodynamic polymerisation technique and …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 31–41 Read article
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Theoretical modelling of heat transfer in non-homogeneous porous media
Abstract: The paper is focused on the study and analysis of heat transfer in geothermal substrates made up of non-homogeneous porous media. The paper analyses the influence of porosity on the heat transfer as a result of the combination of conduction and convection mechanisms that take place in non-homogeneous porous materials. As a result of the combined effect heat transfer is not homogeneously distributed throughout the cross section of the geothermal …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 44–51 Read article
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Design and Validation of Slot Coupled Rectangular Half Mode SIW Antenna
Abstract: This paper presents the design and performance analysis of a Rectangular Half Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide (HMSIW) antenna configuration to attain higher gain and multiband characteristics with the compact size. It is possible to produce multiband properties by placing variously shaped slots on the top of the patch and ground surface. To attain the necessary gain and multiband resonance characteristics, the type of the slot, dimension optimization, and position optimization …
Published in Journal of Telecommunication, Switching Systems and Networks · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 14–21 Read article