Microwave Materials Characterization

Characterization, when used in materials science, refers to the broad and general process by which a material's structure and properties are probed and measured. It is a fundamental process in the field of materials science, without which no scientific understanding of engineering materials could be ascertained. Since the early 1950s the characterization of materials properties at microwave frequencies has introduced and used. The ability of tailoring the properties of composite materials has been very important for the design and development of radar absorbing materials since World War II. Huge steps have been made during the last decades and many methods and techniques have been developed. As the clock speeds of electronic devices are approaching microwave frequencies the development of electronic circuits requires precise knowledge of the properties of materials, such as permittivity and permeability. The book Microwave Materials Characterization deals with recent researches on basic and innovative measurement techniques for the characterization of materials at microwave frequencies, in terms of quantitative determination of their electromagnetic parameters, namely the complex permittivity and permeability and advanced techniques for the characterization of dielectric materials.