Radio-Frequency/Microwave Characteristics of Conducting Polymers and Their Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2020) | Viewed by 8568
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, “Radio-Frequency/Microwave Characteristics of Conducting Polymers and Their Applications” will address RF/microwave characterization of organic CP materials, the model and design of CP-RF/microwave devices and circuits, and the processing, technology development, and system of various types for RF/microwave applications.
Conducting polymers (CPs) are organic polymers that conduct electricity or can be semiconductors. The most significant advantage of conducting polymers is their processability, mainly by dispersion. Initially, the primary drivers of development for applications of the microwave region and conductivity properties of CPs were the following: electromagnetic impulse (EMI) shielding; conductive coating and composites for electromagnetic charge dissipation (ESD) or antistatic applications; and passive absorbers for microwave region radiation for radar cross-section (RCS) reduction. However, CPs suffered from low electric conductivity for diverse RF/microwave applications. In recent years, owing to the proposal of diverse synthesis methods for high-conductive CPs, the CPs have received new interest as sensing and industrial materials in the RF/microwave region.
Original papers are solicited on all types of recent CP- and CP composite-based RF/microwave basic research and technological developments, including CP materials science, processes, characterization, designs and models, and systems for their RF/microwave applications. Articles and reviews dealing with the aforementioned research types are very welcome.
Prof. Dr. Hee-Jo Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Electric conductivity
- Electromagnetic wave
- RF/microwave
- RF/microwave resonant device and circuit
- RF/microwave gas sensor
- RF/microwave biosensor
- Sensing materials
- Organic materials
- RF/microwave characterization
- Conducting polymer
- Conducting polymers composites
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