

Synthesizing 3D Metamaterials for RF, Microwave and THz Applications
The following journal papers are associated with or a direct result of the SYMETA's research programme.
2021
Christogeorgos O, Zhang H, Cheng Q, Hao Y. (2021). Extraordinary Directive Emission and Scanning from an Array of Radiation Sources with Hyperuniform Disorder. Physical Review Applied, (1), doi: 10.1103/physrevapplied.15.014062
Goulas A, Chi-Tangyie G, Zhang S, Wang D, Ketharam A, Vaidhyanathan B, ... Engstrøm D. (2021). Direct ink writing of bismuth molybdate microwave dielectric ceramics. Ceramics International, (6), doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.11.102
Goulas A, Chi-Tangyie G, Wang D, Zhang S, Ketharam A, Vaidhyanathan B, ... Engstrøm D. (2021). Additively manufactured ultra-low sintering temperature, low loss Ag2Mo2O7 ceramic substrates. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, (1), doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.08.031
Ji H, Wang D, Bao W, Lu Z, Wang G, Yang H, ... Reaney I. (2021). Ultrahigh energy density in short-range tilted NBT-based lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors by nanodomain percolation. Energy Storage Materials, doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2021.01.023
Ji Y, Song K, Zhang S, Lu Z, Wang G, Li L, ... Reaney I. (2021). Cold sintered, temperature-stable CaSnSiO5-K2MoO4 composite microwave ceramics and its prototype microstrip patch antenna. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, (1), doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.08.053
Lu Z, Bao W, Wang G, Sun S, Li L, Li J, ... Reaney I. (2021). Mechanism of enhanced energy storage density in AgNbO3-based lead-free antiferroelectrics. Nano Energy, doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105423
Wang D, Li L, Jiang J, Lu Z, Wang G, Song K, ... Reaney I. (2021). Cold sintering of microwave dielectric ceramics and devices. Journal of Materials Research, (2), doi: 10.1557/s43578-020-00029-w
Yan J, Stevens C, Shamonina E. (2021). A Metamaterial Position Sensor Based on Magnetoinductive Waves. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, doi: 10.1109/ojap.2021.3057135
Zhang H, Cheng Q, Chu H, Christogeorgos O, Wu W, Hao Y. (2021). Hyperuniform disordered distribution metasurface for scattering reduction. Applied Physics Letters, (10), doi: 10.1063/5.0041911
Álvarez, H.F., Cadman, D.A., Goulas, A. et al. 3D conformal bandpass millimeter-wave frequency selective surface with improved fields of view. Sci Rep 11, 12846 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91218-y
2020
N. Chiotellis, S. Zhang, Y. C. Vardaxoglou, and A. Grbic, “X Wave Radiator Implemented With 3-D Printed Metamaterials,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 5478–5486, Jul. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2020.2978280
Feis J, Stevens C, Shamonina E. (2020). Wireless power transfer through asymmetric topological edge states in diatomic chains of coupled meta-atoms. Applied Physics Letters, (13), doi: 10.1063/5.0024077
Gheisari R, Chamberlain H, Chi-Tangyie G, Zhang S, Goulas A, Lee C, ... Engstrøm D. (2020). Multi-material additive manufacturing of low sintering temperature Bi 2 Mo 2 O 9 ceramics with Ag floating electrodes by selective laser burnout. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, (2), doi: 10.1080/17452759.2019.1708026
Giddens H, Hao Y. (2020). Multibeam Graded Dielectric Lens Antenna From Multimaterial 3-D Printing. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, (9), doi: 10.1109/tap.2020.2978949
Goulas A, Zhang S, McGhee J, Cadman D, Whittow W, Vardaxoglou J, ... Engstrøm D. (2020). Fused filament fabrication of functionally graded polymer composites with variable relative permittivity for microwave devices. Materials & Design, doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108871
Goulas A, Chi-Tangyie G, Wang D, Zhang S, Ketharam A, Vaidhyanathan B, ... Engstrøm D. (2020). Microstructure and microwave dielectric properties of 3D printed low loss Bi2Mo2O9 ceramics for LTCC applications. Applied Materials Today, doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100862
Lee C, Zhang S, Bukhari S, Cadman D, Vardaxoglou J, Whittow W. (2020). Complex Permittivity Measurement System for Solid Materials Using Complementary Frequency Selective Surfaces. IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2963919
Lin Q, Song K, Liu B, Bafrooei H, Zhou D, Su W, ... M.Reaney I. (2020). Vibrational spectroscopy and microwave dielectric properties of AY2Si3O10 (A=Sr, Ba) ceramics for 5G applications. Ceramics International, (1), doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.09.086
Liu B, Giddens H, Li Y, He Y, Wong SW, Hao Y. (2020). Design and experimental demonstration of Doppler cloak from spatiotemporally modulated metamaterials based on rotational Doppler effect. Optics express, 28(3), pp. 3745-3755. doi: 10.1364/OE.382700
N. Liu, A. Ihalage, H. Zhang, H. Giddens, H. Yan, and Y. Hao, “Interactive human–machine learning framework for modelling of ferroelectric–dielectric composites,” J. Mater. Chem. C, vol. 8, no. 30, pp. 10352–10361, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC06073A
Lu Z, Wang G, Bao W, Li J, Li L, Mostaed A, ... Reaney I. (2020). Superior energy density through tailored dopant strategies in multilayer ceramic capacitors. Energy & Environmental Science, (9), doi: 10.1039/D0EE02104K
Powell A, Ware J, Beadle J, Cheadle D, Loh T, Hibbins A, ... Sambles J. (2020). Strong, omnidirectional radar backscatter from subwavelength, 3D printed metacubes. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, (14), doi: 10.1049/iet-map.2020.0178
A. Vallecchi, A. Radkovskaya, L. Li, G. Faulkner, C. J. Stevens, and E. Shamonina, “Superdirective dimers of coupled self-resonant split ring resonators: Analytical modelling and numerical and experimental validation,” Sci. Rep., vol. 10, no. 1, p. 274, Dec. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56988-6
Wang D, Siame B, Zhang S, Wang G, Ju X, Li J, ... Reaney I. (2020). Direct Integration of Cold Sintered, Temperature-Stable Bi2Mo2O9-K2MoO4 Ceramics on Printed Circuit Boards for Satellite Navigation Antennas. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, (12), doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.04.025
Wang D, Chen J, Wang G, Lu Z, Sun S, Li J, ... Reaney I. (2020). Cold sintered LiMgPO 4 based composites for low temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) applications. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, (11), doi: 10.1111/jace.17320
Wang D, Zhang S, Wang G, Vardaxoglou Y, Whittow W, Cadman D, ... Reaney I. (2020). Cold sintered CaTiO3-K2MoO4 microwave dielectric ceramics for integrated microstrip patch antennas. Applied Materials Today, doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2019.100519
Wang D, Fan Z, Rao G, Wang G, Liu Y, Yuan C, ... Zhang S. (2020). Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in lead-free piezoceramics by synergistic design. Nano Energy, doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104944
Wang G, Lu Z, Yang H, Ji H, Mostaed A, Li L, ... Reaney I. (2020). Fatigue resistant lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors with ultrahigh energy density. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (22), doi: 10.1039/D0TA00216J
Whittaker T, Whittow W, Vardaxoglou J. (2020). Artificially Engineered Capacitors for Discrete High-Frequency Electronic Circuitry. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, (1), doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2950224
Yan J, Radkovskaya A, Kiriushechkina S, Khromova I, Stevens C, Solymar L, ... Shamonina E. (2020). A Method for Optimising Superdirectivity of Coupled Meta-Atoms via Planar Directivity Evaluation. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, doi: 10.1109/ojap.2020.3001579
Yang H, Lu Z, Li L, Bao W, Ji H, Li J, ... Reaney IM. (2020). Novel BaTiO-Based, Ag/Pd-Compatible Lead-Free Relaxors with Superior Energy Storage Performance. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12(39), pp. 43942-43949. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c13057
S. Zhang, R. K. Arya, W. G. Whittow, D. Cadman, R. Mittra, and J. Vardaxoglou, “Ultra-Wideband Flat Metamaterial GRIN Lenses Assisted with Additive Manufacturing Technique,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. In press, pp. 1–1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2020.3044586
2019
Cheng Q, Naeem M, Hao Y. (2019). Composite Luneburg lens based on dielectric or plasmonic scatterers. Optics express, 27(8), pp. 10946-10960. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.010946
de Pineda J, Ward G, Hibbins A, Sambles J. (2019). Metasurface bilayer for slow microwave surface waves. Physical Review B, (8), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.081409
Faouri S, Mostaed A, Dean J, Wang D, Sinclair D, Zhang S, ... Reaney I. (2019). High quality factor cold sintered Li2MoO4BaFe12O19 composites for microwave applications. Acta Materialia, doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.12.057
Goulas A, Zhang S, Cadman D, Järveläinen J, Mylläri V, Whittow W, ... Engstrøm D. (2019). The Impact of 3D Printing Process Parameters on the Dielectric Properties of High Permittivity Composites. Designs, (4), doi: 10.3390/designs3040050
Lee C, McGhee J, Tsipogiannis C, Zhang S, Cadman D, Goulas A, ... Whittow W. (2019). Evaluation of Microwave Characterization Methods for Additively Manufactured Materials. Designs, (4), doi: 10.3390/designs3040047
Liu B, Chu H, Giddens H, Li R, Hao Y. (2019). Experimental Observation of Linear and Rotational Doppler Shifts from Several Designer Surfaces. Scientific reports, 9(1), pp. 8971. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45516-1
McLaughlin K, Pascual-Gonzalez C, Wang D, Feteira A. (2019). Site occupancy and electric-field induced strain response of Er-doped (Bi0.4Na0.4Sr0.2)TiO3 ceramics. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.11.121
Rayner P, Zhang S, Cadman D, Vardaxoglou J, Whittow W. (2019). Wearable and meshed wideband monopole antennas and their interactions with the human body. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, (14), doi: 10.1049/iet-map.2018.5862
Vallecchi A, Shamonina E, Stevens C. (2019). Analytical model of the fundamental mode of 3D square split ring resonators. Journal of Applied Physics, (1), doi: 10.1063/1.5053482
Vallecchi A, Cadman D, Whittow W, Vardaxoglou J, Shamonina E, Stevens C. (2019). 3-D Printed Bandpass Filters With Coupled Vertically Extruded Split Ring Resonators. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, (11), doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2934456
Wang D, Zhang S, Zhou D, Song K, Feteira A, Vardaxoglou Y, ... Reaney IM. (2019). Temperature Stable Cold Sintered (BiLi)(VMo)O-NaMoO Microwave Dielectric Composites. Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 12(9), doi: 10.3390/ma12091370
Wang D, Wang G, Murakami S, Fan Z, Feteira A, Zhou D, ... Reaney I. (2019). BiFeO 3 -BaTiO 3 : A new generation of lead-free electroceramics. Journal of Advanced Dielectrics, (06), doi: 10.1142/S2010135X18300049
Wang D, Zhou D, Song K, Feteira A, Randall C, Reaney I. (2019). Cold‐Sintered C0G Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors. Advanced Electronic Materials, (7), doi: 10.1002/aelm.201900025
Wang G, Fan Z, Murakami S, Lu Z, Hall D, Sinclair D, ... Reaney I. (2019). Origin of the large electrostrain in BiFeO 3 -BaTiO 3 based lead-free ceramics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (37), doi: 10.1039/C9TA07904A
Zhang H, Chu H, Giddens H, Wu W, Hao Y. (2019). Experimental demonstration of Luneburg lens based on hyperuniform disordered media. Applied Physics Letters, (5), doi: 10.1063/1.5055295
2018
Bradley PJ, Torrico MOM, Brennan C, Hao Y. (2018). Printable all-dielectric water-based absorber. Scientific reports, 8(1), pp. 14490. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32395-1
Chu S, Vallecchi A, Stevens C, Shamonina E. (2018). Fields and coupling between coils embedded in conductive environments. EPJ Applied Metamaterials, doi: 10.1051/epjam/2017012
McCall M, Pendry J, Galdi V, Lai Y, Horsley S, Li J, ... Cummer S. (2018). Roadmap on transformation optics. Journal of Optics, (6), doi: 10.1088/2040-8986/aab976
Pandey S, Arya R, Mittra R, Shiyu Zhang , Cadman D, Whittow W, ... Vardaxoglou Y. (2018). 3D-Cross Elements Reflectarray Enabled By Additive Manufacturing. doi: 10.1049/cp.2018.1430
Pang L, Zhou D, Wang D, Zhao J, Liu W, Yue Z, ... Reaney I. (2018). Temperature stable K 0.5 (Nd 1− x Bi x ) 0.5 MoO 4 microwave dielectrics ceramics with ultra-low sintering temperature. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, (5), doi: 10.1111/jace.15388
Radkovskaya A, Kiriushechkina S, Vakulenko A, Petrov P, Solymar L, Li L, ... Shamonina E. (2018). Superdirectivity from arrays of strongly coupled meta-atoms. Journal of Applied Physics, (10), doi: 10.1063/1.5033937
Vallecchi A, Chu S, Solymar L, Stevens C, Shamonina E. (2018). Coupling between coils in the presence of conducting medium. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, (1), doi: 10.1049/iet-map.2018.5292
Wang D, Fan Z, Li W, Zhou D, Feteira A, Wang G, ... Reaney I. (2018). High Energy Storage Density and Large Strain in Bi(Zn 2/3 Nb 1/3 )O 3 -Doped BiFeO 3 –BaTiO 3 Ceramics. ACS Applied Energy Materials, (8), doi: 10.1021/acsaem.8b01099
Wang D, Fan Z, Zhou D, Khesro A, Murakami S, Feteira A, ... Reaney I. (2018). Bismuth ferrite-based lead-free ceramics and multilayers with high recoverable energy density. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (9), doi: 10.1039/C7TA09857J
Wang D, Zhou D, Zhang S, Vardaxoglou Y, Whittow W, Cadman D, ... Reaney I. (2018). Cold-Sintered Temperature Stable Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 MoO 4 –Li 2 MoO 4 Microwave Composite Ceramics. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, (2), doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03889
Wu B, Hao Y, Sheng X. (2018). A Finite Element Model Order Reduction Technique for Multiscale Electromagnetic Problems. IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, doi: 10.1109/JMMCT.2018.2870599
Zhang S, Cadman D, Vardaxoglou J. (2018). Additively Manufactured Profiled Conical Horn Antenna With Dielectric Loading. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, (11), doi: 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2871029
Zhou D, Pang L, Wang D, Qi Z, Reaney I. (2018). High Quality Factor, Ultralow Sintering Temperature Li 6 B 4 O 9 Microwave Dielectric Ceramics with Ultralow Density for Antenna Substrates. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, (8), doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02755
2017
Braun H, Mehmood A, Hovhannisyan M, Zhang H, Heidary D, Randall C, ... Elmers H. (2017). Microwave properties and structure of La–Ti–Si–B–O glass-ceramics for applications in GHz electronics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, (5), doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.11.048
Pang L, Zhou D, Qi Z, Liu W, Yue Z, Reaney I. (2017). Structure–property relationships of low sintering temperature scheelite-structured (1 − x)BiVO 4 –xLaNbO 4 microwave dielectric ceramics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, (10), doi: 10.1039/c6tc05670a
Zhang S, Whittow W, Vardaxoglou J. (2017). Additively manufactured artificial materials with metallic meta‐atoms. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, (14), doi: 10.1049/iet-map.2016.0952
Zhou D, Li J, Pang L, Wang D, Reaney I. (2017). Novel water insoluble (Na x Ag 2−x )MoO 4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) microwave dielectric ceramics with spinel structure sintered at 410 degrees. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, (24), doi: 10.1039/c7tc01718a
2016
Bukhari S, Whittow W, Zhang S, Vardaxoglou J. (2016). Composite materials for microwave devices using additive manufacturing. Electronics Letters, (10), doi: 10.1049/el.2016.0078
Zhou D, Li J, Pang LX, Chen GH, Qi ZM, Wang DW, ... Reaney IM. (2016). Crystal Structure, Infrared Spectra, and Microwave Dielectric Properties of Temperature-Stable Zircon-Type (Y,Bi)VO Solid-Solution Ceramics. ACS omega, 1(5), pp. 963-970. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00274
Zhou D, Guo D, Li W, Pang L, Yao X, Wang D, ... Reaney I. (2016). Novel temperature stable high-ε r microwave dielectrics in the Bi 2 O 3 –TiO 2 –V 2 O 5 system. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, (23), doi: 10.1039/c6tc01431c