A carbon-nanotube-based frequency-selective absorber

A recently developed material based on carbon nanotubes is used here for the realization of single- and double-layered frequency-selective surfaces (FSSs) with relevant absorbing properties. The peculiar characteristics of carbon nanotubes are exploited to devise high-loss resonant ring structures periodically arranged to build the FSS. By introducing two layers of rings, an absorber with stable characteristics over a wide frequency band and over a wide range for the incident wave angle is achieved.

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