10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.C.6196528.V2
Kaiyue Zhu
Kaiyue
Zhu
Shuyang Hao
Shuyang
Hao
Ke Chen
Ke
Chen
Tian Jiang
Tian
Jiang
Junming Zhao
Junming
Zhao
Yijun Feng
Yijun
Feng
Directly drawing metamaterials on paper based on an automatic drawing machine
Paper-based metamaterial is one kind of metamaterial based on the paper substrate, drawing a lot of attention due to its fascinating features recently. This paper proposes another fabrication solution to realize paper-based metamaterials by directly drawing instead of inkjet printing. The drawing tools we used include 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 microwave and electronics.
Microwave and Millimetrewave Theory and Technology
Optica Publishing Group
2022
2022-10-13
2022-10-13
Collection
10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6196528
CC BY 4.0