Journal
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 95, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.3268448
Keywords
elastomers; electrical conductivity; magnetic resonance; metamaterials; microfluidics
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- TUBITAK [106G090]
- Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award (TUBA GEBIP)
- UNAM-Institute of Materials Science
- State Planning Organization of Turkey through the National Nanotechnology Research Center Project
- Ozbay Research Group
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We propose microfluidics as a useful platform for reconfigurable electromagnetic metamaterials. Microfluidic split-ring resonators (MF-SRRs) are fabricated inside a flexible elastomeric material by employing rapid prototyping. The transmission measurements performed for mercury-injected MF-SRR exhibits sharp magnetic resonances at microwave wavelengths. We further calculate transmission properties of the MF-SRR array and the effect of electrical conductivity of the liquid inside the channel on the magnetic resonance. The measured results agree well with numerical calculations. Our proposal may open up directions toward switchable metamaterials and reconfigurable devices such as filters, switches, and resonators.
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