Nanorod-based glucose sensor.
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L., Iovine, R., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2012)
Nanorod-based glucose sensor. In Metamorphose VI: Proceedings of Metamaterials '2012: The Sixth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics
In this paper, a metamaterial-based sensor consisting of an array of nanorods is proposed. An analytical model, describing the electromagnetic response of the nanorods, is pro...
Planar monopole antennas for new generation mobile and lower band ultra-wide band applications
Journal Article
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Jones, S., Zhou, D., McEwan, N., Excell, P., …Noras, J. (2012)
Planar monopole antennas for new generation mobile and lower band ultra-wide band applications. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 6(11), 1207-1214. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2012.0086
This study presents two multiband planar printed monopole antennas with an optimised size of 57 × 37.5 × 0.8 mm³ for mobile/wireless and low-band ultra-wide band (UWB) ap...
Nanoparticle Electromagnetic Properties for Sensing Applications
Journal Article
Spada, L. L., Iovine, R., & Vegni, L. (2012)
Nanoparticle Electromagnetic Properties for Sensing Applications. Advances in nanoparticles, 01(02), 9-14. doi:10.4236/anp.2012.12002
Nanoparticles play a crucial role in biomedical and sensing applications. In this paper the design of non-spherical gold nanoparticles, operating in the near infrared and visi...
A Compact Design of Tunable Band-Notched Ultra-Wide Band Antenna
Journal Article
See, C. H., Elfergani, I. E. E., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Jones, S., & Excell, P. S. (2012)
A Compact Design of Tunable Band-Notched Ultra-Wide Band Antenna. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 54(7), 1642-1644. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.26907
In this letter, a compact ultrawideband planar inverted F‐L antenna with a tunable band‐notched response is presented. Tuning of the rejected frequency bands is realized by lo...
A frequency tunable PIFA design for handset applications
Journal Article
Hwang See, C., Elfergani, I. E., Abd-Alhameed, R., Bin-Melha, M., Zhou, D., Child, M., & Excell, P. S. (2012)
A frequency tunable PIFA design for handset applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 77, 688-693. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35155-6_57
A frequency tunable planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) is presented for use in the following bands: DCS, PCS, and UMTS. Initially, the tuning was achieved by placing a lumped ca...
A Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Gully Pot Monitoring in Urban Catchments
Journal Article
See, C. H., Horoshenkov, K., abd-alhmeed, R. A., Hu, Y., & Tait, S. (2012)
A Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Gully Pot Monitoring in Urban Catchments. IEEE Sensors Journal, 12(5), 1545-1553. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2011.2174354
Sewer and gully blockages are the main cause of residential sewer flooding in the U.K. A low-cost and power efficient wireless sensor mesh networking communication system has ...
Wideband Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna for WiFi/WiMAX Applications
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Abidin, Z. Z., McEwan, N. J., & Excell, P. S. (2012)
Wideband Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna for WiFi/WiMAX Applications. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 60(4), 2028-2035. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2012.2186247
A novel printed diversity monopole antenna is presented for WiFi/WiMAX applications. The antenna comprises two crescent shaped radiators placed symmetrically with respect to a...
Sensor design for cancer tissue diagnostics
Presentation / Conference
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2012, April)
Sensor design for cancer tissue diagnostics. Paper presented at SPIE Photonics Europe
In this paper, the design of a metamaterial-based sensor, operating in the mid-infrared frequency range, is proposed. The sensor consists of a planar array of complementary ci...
Metamaterial biosensor for cancer detection
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2012)
Metamaterial biosensor for cancer detection. In SENSORS, 2011 IEEEdoi:10.1109/icsens.2011.6127103
In this study a low-cost, compact, and high-performing metamaterial-based biosensor operating in the GHz regime is presented. The sensor is designed to detect the presence of ...
Metamaterial-based Sensor Design Working in Infrared Frequency Range
Journal Article
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2011)
Metamaterial-based Sensor Design Working in Infrared Frequency Range. Progress in electromagnetics research B: PIER B, 34, 205-223. https://doi.org/10.2528/pierb11060303
In this paper, we propose the design of high sensitivity and selectivity metamaterial-based biosensors operating in the THz regime. The proposed sensors consist of planar arra...