Ultra Wideband Signals and Systems in Communication Engineering

Considering metal oxide nanoparticles as important technological materials, authors provide a comprehensive review of researches on metal oxide nanoparticles, their synthetic strategies, and techniques, nanoscale physicochemical properties, defining specific industrial applications in the various fields of applied nanotechnology. This work expansively reviews the recent developments of semiconducting metal oxide gas sensors for environmental gases including CO2, O2, O3, and NH3; highly toxic gases including CO, H2S, and NO2; combustible gases such as CH4, H2, and liquefied petroleum gas; and volatile organic compounds gases. The gas sensing properties of different metal oxides nanoparticles towards specific target gases have been individually discussed. Promising metal oxide nanoparticles for sensitive and selective detection of each gas have been identified. This review also categorizes metal oxides sensors by analyte gas and also summarizes the major techniques and synthesis strategies used in nanotechnology. Additionally, strategies, sensing mechanisms and related applications of semiconducting metal oxide materials are also discussed in detail. Related applications are innumerable trace to ultratrace-level gas sensors, batteries, magnetic storage media, various types of solar cells, metal oxide nanoparticles applications in catalysis, energy conversion, and antennas (including microstrip and patch-type optically transparent antennas), rectifiers, optoelectronic, and electronics.

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Metal oxide nanoparticles and their applications in nanotechnology

Graphene nanoribbon based terahertz antenna on polyimide substrate

Graphene is an ideal 2D material system bridging electronic and photonic devices. It also breaks the fundamental speed and size limits by electronics and photonics, respectively. Graphene offers multiple functions of signal transmission, emission, modulation, and detection in a broad band, high speed, compact size, and low loss. Here, we have a brief view of graphene based functional devices at microwave, terahertz, and optical frequencies. Their fundamental physics and computational models were discussed as well.

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Graphene based functional devices: A short review

In this paper, we have presented the simulation results of a rectangular microstrip patch antenna at terahertz (THz) frequency ranging from 0.7 to 0.85 THz. THz electromagnetic wave can permit more densely packed communication links with increased security of communication transmission. The simulated results such as gain, radiation efficiency and 10 dB impedance bandwidth of rectangular microstrip patch antenna at THz frequencies without shorting post configuration are 3.497 dB, 55.71% and 17.76%, respectively, whereas with shorting post configuration, corresponding parameters are 3.502 dB, 55.88% and 17.27%. The simulation has been performed by using CST Microwave Studio, which is a commercially available electromagnetic simulator based on the method of finite difference time domain technique.

D. Sriram Kumar

Papers

Graphene nanoribbon based terahertz antenna on polyimide substrate

BPSK based subcarrier intensity modulated free space optical system in combined strong atmospheric turbulence

Analysis of PolSK based FSO system using wavelength and time diversity over strong atmospheric turbulence with pointing errors

MIMO free-space optical communication employing coherent BPOLSK modulation in atmospheric optical turbulence channel with pointing errors

BER analysis of BPSK-SIM-based SISO and MIMO FSO systems in strong turbulence with pointing errors