Onion-like carbon and carbon nanotube film antennas

Nicholas A. Vacirca, John K. McDonough, Kristy Jost, Yury Gogotsi, Timothy P. Kurzweg

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Abstract

In this paper, radiating dipole antennas have been fabricated from rolled carbon films, which are typically used for supercapacitor electrodes. Return loss and radiation pattern measurements for onion-like carbon (OLC) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) antenna samples are presented and compared to a copper standard. The OLC antenna's radiation pattern measurements show a peak gain of -1.48 dBi, just less than 3 dB of a copper dipole antenna. Compared to antennas made from MWCNT films, the OLC samples show better radiation performance despite a lower measured conductivity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number073301
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume103
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 12 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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