Goulas, A., McGhee, J.R., Whitaker, T. et al. (7 more authors) (2022) Synthesis and dielectric characterisation of a low loss BaSrTiO3/ABS ceramic/polymer composite for fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 55. 102844. ISSN 2214-7810
Abstract
Composite polymer/ceramic filaments for material extrusion-based fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing, using barium strontium titanium oxide (BST) ceramics and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) thermoplastics were produced; their dielectric and physical properties have been characterised for the first time. The dielectric properties, relative permittivity (εr), quality factor (Q×f) and dielectric loss (tanδ) were measured as a function of ceramic solid loading (%) at 5 GHz for 3D printed samples. A relative permittivity εr = 6.05, Q×f = 10,433 GHz and dielectric loss tanδ = 0.007 were obtained for a BST/ABS ceramic polymer composite, with 50 wt% (15 vol%) solid loading. The composite materials exhibit reduced dielectric losses compared to standard laminates currently used in the radiofrequency (RF) and telecommunications industry. Based on polymer/ceramic composite filament, a prototype microstrip patch 5 G antenna and a hemispherical dielectric lens were designed and manufactured. Through testing, it shows good antenna performance with a centre frequency of f0 = 3.78 GHz and a (−10 dB) bandwidth of 90.6 MHz. The dielectric lens increased the antenna gain by 3.86 dBi.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Additive Manufacturing. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | additive manufacturing; 3D printing; fused filament fabrication; polymer ceramic composites; lens antennas |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/N010493/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2022 14:21 |
Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.addma.2022.102844 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:186599 |