Hollow carbon spheres in microwaves: Bio inspired absorbing coating

Bychanok D, Li S, Sanchez-Sanchez A, Gorokhov G, Kuzhir P, Ogrin FY, Pasc A, Ballweg T, Mandel K, Szczurek A, Fierro V, Celzard A (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Applied Physics Letters American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Book Volume: 108

Article Number: 013701

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1063/1.4938537

Abstract

The electromagnetic response of a heterostructure based on a monolayer of hollow glassy carbon spheres packed in 2D was experimentally surveyed with respect to its response to microwaves, namely, the Ka-band (26-37 GHz) frequency range. Such an ordered monolayer of spheres mimics the well-known "moth-eye"-like coating structures, which are widely used for designing anti-reflective surfaces, and was modelled with the long-wave approximation. Based on the experimental and modelling results, we demonstrate that carbon hollow spheres may be used for building an extremely lightweight, almost perfectly absorbing, coating for Ka-band applications.

Authors with CRIS profile

Karl Mandel

Involved external institutions

Université de Lorraine FR France (FR) University of Exeter GB United Kingdom (GB) Fraunhofer Institut für Silicatforschung (ISC) DE Germany (DE) Belarusian State University BY Belarus (BY)

How to cite

APA:

Bychanok, D., Li, S., Sanchez-Sanchez, A., Gorokhov, G., Kuzhir, P., Ogrin, F.Y.,... Celzard, A. (2016). Hollow carbon spheres in microwaves: Bio inspired absorbing coating. Applied Physics Letters, 108(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4938537

MLA:

Bychanok, Dzmitry, et al. "Hollow carbon spheres in microwaves: Bio inspired absorbing coating." Applied Physics Letters 108.1 (2016).

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