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Characterization of Tissue-Equivalent Materials for High-Frequency Applications (200 MHz to 20 GHz)

Published

Author(s)

James R. Baker-Jarvis, Sung Kim, Luke Leschallinger, Justin Johnson, Brad Givot

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to summarize the characterization of a number of high-frequency solid, liquid, and semisolid tissue-equivalent materials, from 200 MHz to 20 GHz. Carbon black and liquid mixtures were studied, but were found to be unsuitable for matching both the real and imaginary parts of the permittivity. We found that agar and agarose-based materials produced stable materials whose real and imaginary parts of the permittivity exhibited the required dispersive characteristics and could be easily tuned to fit a specific application and over a given frequency range.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1554
Report Number
1554
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

Conductivity, dielectric, frequency, nano-composite, permittivity, phantom.
Analytical chemistry, Chemical engineering and processing, Electromagnetics, Materials, Metrology and Time and frequency metrology

Citation

Baker-Jarvis, J. , Kim, S. , Leschallinger, L. , Johnson, J. and Givot, B. (2010), Characterization of Tissue-Equivalent Materials for High-Frequency Applications (200 MHz to 20 GHz), Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created July 1, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017
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