Article
Microwave dielectric properties of DNA based polymers between 10 and 30 GHz
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2005
Abstract
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based polymer thin-films were characterized at microwave frequencies for the first time. The dielectric properties of the film were extracted from comparison of the propagation constants of the co-planar waveguide (CPW) lines on bare MgO substrates and the DNA based films on MgO substrates. The insertion loss introduced by the DNA film is only 0.1 dB at 10 GHz and 0.5 dB at 30 GHz. The relative dielectric constant of the DNA based film averages to four at microwave frequencies, and the loss-tangent was below 0.1 up to 30 GHz.
Inclusive pages
232 - 234
ISBN/ISSN
1531-1309
Publisher
IEEE
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Keywords
- DNA;coplanar waveguide components;dielectric materials;magnesium compounds;microwave photonics;molecular electronics;polymer films;thin films;0.1 dB;0.5 dB;10 to 30 GHz;DNA based polymers;coplanar waveguide lines;dielectric constant;microwave dielectric properties;microwave frequencies;microwave photonics;polymer thin films;propagation constants;Conductors;Coplanar waveguides;DNA;Dielectrics;Microwave frequencies;Nonlinear optics;Optical films;Optical polymers;Optical waveguides;Polymer films;Coplanar waveguide (CPW) lines;dielectric deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based polymers;microwave characterization;microwave photonics
Disciplines
Citation Information
Guru Subramanyam, E. Heckman, James Grote and K. Hopkins. "Microwave dielectric properties of DNA based polymers between 10 and 30 GHz" IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters Vol. 15 Iss. 4 (2005) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/guru_subramanyam/17/