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Toward Large-Scale Dynamically Reconfigurable Apertures Using Graphene
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- Award ID(s):
- 1847138
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10135989
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 511 to 512
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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