Fractal Metasurfaces and Antennas: An Overview for Advanced Applications in Wireless Communications
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This paper provides an overview of fractal antennas and metasurfaces, exploring their design principles, performance, and applications. Fractal antennas, incorporating self-similar geometric shapes, offer several advantages, such as their multiband operation, compact size, and improved performance. Metasurfaces, on the other hand, are two-dimensional structures composed of subwavelength unit cells and are designed to achieve advantageous and unusual electromagnetic properties by enabling precise control over electromagnetic waves. This paper discusses the fundamental concepts of fractal antennas and metasurfaces, compares their characteristics, and presents the latest advances in research. Additionally, it highlights applications in wireless communications, energy harvesting, sensing, and beyond.
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OpenAlex topics: Antenna Design and Analysis · Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications · Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Modellistica, Elettronica e Sistemistica (DIMES), Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci 41D, 87036 Rende, Italy
CNIT (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni), 43124 Parma, Italy
ICEmB (Inter-University National Research Center on Interactions between Electromagnetic Fields and Biosystems), 16145 Genoa, Italy
Funding
European Union under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) of NextGenerationEU · Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MUR), Italy
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