Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160101167

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160101167

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

3D-printed hierarchical polymer metacomposites for microwave cloaking. The project aims to develop a metacomposite for microwave cloaking, constituted by soft ferromagnetic microwires using a 3D printing technique. The resultant light weight composite is expected to have a gradient index with the control of composite mesostructure, which is expected to be possible with an automatic engineering process without involvement of any high-cost nanofabrication process. Using a graded metacomposite as a building block, a microwave cloak can be made that would make any objects beneath it invisible to microwave vigilant devices such as radar detection. The proposed metacomposite therefore has potential applications in military defence technology, aerospace and space exploration.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2016

End Date: 30-09-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $315,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Composite and Hybrid Materials | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | National Security |

Other Keywords

Composite and Hybrid Materials | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Materials Engineering | National Security

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