The history of human civilization is accompanied by the development of novel materials,
from the period of natural stone, the bronze and iron age, to the modern times of synthetic …

Famous for their photoisomerization, azobenzene and its derivatives have been intensively
studied as among the most fascinating advanced materials. In particular, azobenzene …

An antenna having at least one main element and a plurality of parasitic elements. At least
some of the elements have coupling elements or devices associated With them, the coupling …

A switch arrangement comprises a plurality of MEMS switches arranged on a substrate
about, and close to, a central point, each MEMS switch being disposed on a common …

With rapidly expanding interest in liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers among the
liquid crystal community, researchers are currently exploring the wide range of possible …

A flexible antenna array comprises a plurality of layers of thin metal and a flexible insulating
medium arranged as a sandwich of layers. Each layer of the sandwich is patterned as …

We develop a fluorinated phenyl-tolane based nematic mixture NJU-LDn-4 and evaluate its
frequency-dependent birefringence utilizing terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) …

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Leaky wave antenna beam steering that is capable of steering in a backward direction, as
well as further down toward the horizon in the forward direction than was previously …

We have designed, synthesized, and evaluated the physical properties of some high
birefringence (Δn) isothiocyanato biphenyl-bistolane liquid crystals. These compounds …