3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies

Hammler, J.; Pan, Y.; Gallant, A.J.; Balocco, C.

doi:10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327458

3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies

Hammler, J.; Pan, Y.; Gallant, A.J.; Balocco, C.

Authors

Mr Jonathan Mark Hammler jonathan.hammler@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

Y. Pan

Professor Andrew Gallant a.j.gallant@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Professor Claudio Balocco claudio.balocco@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) powder has been blended with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to manufacture a composite polymer with variable permittivity. Vector network analyser measurements taken between 0.75-1.1 THz quantify the relationship between TiO2 concentration and complex permittivity of the resultant material. Complex 3D structures have been produced with a casting process. Applications for the tunable-permittivity polymer include dielectric regions in photonic and plasmonic devices operating at terahertz frequencies as well as single pixel imaging systems.

Citation

Hammler, J., Pan, Y., Gallant, A., & Balocco, C. (2015). 3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies. In 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 23-28 August 2015, Hong Kong (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327458

Conference Name	2015 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz)
Conference Location	Hong Kong, China
Start Date	Aug 23, 2015
End Date	Aug 28, 2015
Acceptance Date	Aug 23, 2015
Publication Date	Aug 23, 2015
Deposit Date	Dec 7, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Jan 26, 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1-2
Series Title	IEEE Conference Proceedings
Book Title	40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 23-28 August 2015, Hong Kong.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327458
Keywords	Curing, Dielectrics, Imaging, Permittivity, Polymers, Powders, Three-dimensional displays.
Additional Information	Date of Conference: 23-28 August 2015

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