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Preparation and Characterization of Flexible Substrate Material from Phenyl-Thiophene-2-Carbaldehyde Compound

Rahman A 1 , Islam MT 2 , Samsuzzaman M 3 , Singh MJ 4 , Akhtaruzzaman M 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 2 Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 3 Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali 8602, Bangladesh. [email protected]
  • 4 Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 5 Solar Energy Research Institute, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia. [email protected]
Materials (Basel), 2016 May 11;9(5).
PMID: 28773479 DOI: 10.3390/ma9050358

Abstract

In this paper, a novel phenyl-thiophene-2-carbaldehyde compound-based flexible substrate material has been presented. Optical and microwave characterization of the proposed material are done to confirm the applicability of the proposed material as a substrate. The results obtained in this work show that the phenyl-thiophene-2-carbaldehyde consists of a dielectric constant of 3.03, loss tangent of 0.003, and an optical bandgap of 3.24 eV. The proposed material is analyzed using commercially available EM simulation software and validated by the experimental analysis of the flexible substrate. The fabricated substrate also shows significant mechanical flexibility and light weight. The radiating copper patch deposited on the proposed material substrate incorporated with partial ground plane and microstrip feeding technique shows an effective impedance bandwidth of 3.8 GHz. It also confirms an averaged radiation efficiency of 81% throughout the frequency band of 5.4-9.2 GHz.

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