Engineered Metal-Insulator Transition Nanoparticles for Reconfigurable Radio Frequency Devices
Abstract
The collaborative team will develop a novel composite film by engineering phase-changing nanoparticle (i.e. its size, shape, and filling factor) to boost the performance of RF devices and circuits with wide-range tuning characteristics and multifunctionality. To be specific, a) an ultra-fast robust continuous flow hydrothermal reactor will be invented to obtain ultra-small pure M-phase phase-changing nanoparticles; b) an automated rapid continuous flow hydrothermal reaction process will be explored by leveraging advanced reinforced learning control algorithm to reduce the development time for high performance nanoparticle and control the nanoparticle size, shape, filling factor, and distribution in carrier matrix; c) a novel modeling theory – effective medium theory will be developed to model the proposed film composed by phase-changing nanoparticle and carrier matrix; d) an inverse design methodology will be developed to optimize the structure beyond the nanoparticle size, shape, and filling factor achieving high performance as well as wide frequency and function tuning; e) novel tunable RF devices as wave-front control, filters, and antennas will be developed to validate the characteristics of proposed thin film engineered from phase-changing nanoparticles.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 07, 2023
- Source ID
- FA95502210028
Entities
People
- Bayaner Arigong
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Florida A&M University
- United States Air Force