Research

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Prof. Akyurtlu is the Co-Director of the Printed Research Collaborative (PERC), Director of Metamaterials and Antennas Technology  Research  Lab (MATRL) and Co-Director of Center for Photonics, Electromagnetics, and Nanoelectronics

Check out the new youtube video on our research center!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRSdhIJp6ss

Currently recruiting PhD and MS students to work in Printed Electronics for RF and MW Applications- must be US citizen or Permanent Resident– Email alkim_akyurtlu@uml.edu with CV. 

Projects:
Main emphasis of current research is on additive manufacturing for RF and Microwave Applications. Some specific projects include 

  • Additive Manufacturing for Technology protections
    • Trusted Microelectronics
    • Anti-Tamper
    • Authentication
  • Advanced Materials
  • Antenna Characterization
  • Bare Die Integration
    • System On Substrates (SOS)
    • Substrate Integrated Circuits (SIC)
  • Chip Integration
  • Computational Modeling and Simulations
  • Dielectric measurements
    • Free space method
    • Waveguide method
    • Inhouse printed co-planer waveguide method
    • Inhouse printed concentric cylindrical capacitor method
  • Functional Ink Development
    • Ferroelectric Inks for Printed Variable Capacitors
    • UV Curable Dielectric Inks
    • Ag-BST Convertible Ink
    • Conductive Nanoparticle Inks
    • NIR transparent inks
    • LWIR reflective inks
    • Semiconductor inks
  • Metamaterials
    • Flexible surfaces for RF Applications
    • Fabric-based Metasurfaces
    • Optical and IR Metasurfaces
    • Flexible metasurfaces
    • Magnetic metasurfaces
  • Targeted Ink Development for Additive Manufacturing Processes
    • Silver Nanoparticle and Reactive Inks
  • Thin Film Devices
    • MIM Diodes
  • 3D Printed Antenna Arrays
  • Printed Chip Interconnects
  • Printed E-Textiles for Wearable Electronics
    • RF Metasurfaces on Textiles
  • Printed RFID Tags
  • Printed RF and Hybrid Connectors
  • Printed Tunable Metamaterials

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