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High-Performance Metamaterial Sensors

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 1994

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zuhairiah Zainal Abidin

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Advanced Telecommunication Research Center (ATRC), Faculty of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat 86400, Malaysia
Interests: MIMO antenna; wearable antenna; metamaterial antenna and sensor; flexible antenna; electromagnetic bandgap
Dr. Akram Alomainy

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School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
Interests: basics of antennae and electromagnetism, from megastructures and metasurfaces to novel applications in telerobotics, cognitive radio, wearable electronics, nanoscale networks, healthcare, and bioengineering
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Dr. Roy B. V. B. Simorangkir

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Wireless Sensor Network Group, Micro and Nanoelectronics Research Centre, Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, T12R5CP Cork, Ireland
Interests: wearable antennas and sensors; flexible antennas; ultra-wideband antennas; reconfigurable antennas; unconventional materials-based antennas
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Dr. Huda bin A Majid

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Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat 86400, Malaysia
Interests: antennae and metamaterials

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Researchers have taken an interest in the design of MTM-based sensors due to their unique electromagnetic properties, which enable them to detect anomalous changes with sensitivity and precision. Using computational and experimental tools, the need for high-performance sensor characterization for healthcare monitoring is crucial for creating a better and more sustainable future for everyone.

This Special Issue aims to explore recent advances and developments in high-performance metamaterial sensor technologies and methods applicable to healthcare monitoring systems. It lays the groundwork for designing a new class of metamaterial-based sensors that can improve the sensitivity of sensors. It aims to cover recent theoretical and experimental accomplishments in piezoelectric and electromagnetic as well as other novel or combinational concepts. The sensitivity of wearable and flexible sensors at various sizes and for various fabrication materials and characteristics can also be addressed. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research, letters, and reviews.

Dr. Zuhairiah Zainal Abidin
Dr. Akram Alomainy
Dr. Roy Simorangkir
Dr. Huda bin A Majid
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sensor devices
  • metamaterials
  • microwaves
  • electromagnetic fields
  • non-invasive detection
  • wearable
  • terahertz
  • biomedical
  • healthcare
  • biosensor
  • thin film
  • millimeter wave
  • bioengineering

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Design and Experimental Validation of a Switchable Frequency Selective Surface with Incorporated Control Network
by Andrei-Marius Silaghi, Farzad Mir, Aldo De Sabata and Ladislau Matekovits
Sensors 2023, 23(9), 4561; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094561 - 08 May 2023
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Tunable/switchable devices are more and more required in modern communication systems. However, the realization of the tuning requires the presence of active devices, which in turn must be biased. The current paper comes up with a solution for designing and experimentally validating such [...] Read more.
Tunable/switchable devices are more and more required in modern communication systems. However, the realization of the tuning requires the presence of active devices, which in turn must be biased. The current paper comes up with a solution for designing and experimentally validating such a switchable Frequency Selective Surface. Two different metallic structures are simulated and measured, having incorporated the same topology control network (CN). In this scenario, the main innovation of this paper is the presence of the feeding part, namely the control network. In this work, the main FSS structure is flanked by three parallel CN microstrip lines and several via holes that allow biasing the active elements, namely PIN diodes. The switchability of the proposed structure is achieved through PIN diodes, whose bias determines the values of the elements in the equivalent circuit. At different biases, the response of the FSS changes accordingly. From all possible values of the bias, the extreme cases when the diodes act as (almost) short- and open-circuits are considered in the submitted manuscript for the sake of brevity. These cases are modeled by the main and cut-slot structures, respectively. The proposed structures have been evaluated using electromagnetic simulation and implemented on an FR4 substrate having a thickness of 1.58 mm. With the periodicity of the square-shaped unit cell of 18 mm edge length, different filtering bands are obtained below 12 GHz. Another novelty that has received very little consideration in the existing literature is the use of a finite array of unit cells instead of an infinite one. And finally, tests in an anechoic chamber have proved that there is a good agreement between practical and simulation results and also demonstrated the proper performance of the devices for wide angular incidence for both TE and TM polarizations. Full article
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