A key limitation for future Small Satellite communications and radar missions will be available antenna reflector aperture. Two types of reflectors are dominant for satellite RF systems today, rigid, single-piece reflectors and deployable mesh reflectors. Single-piece reflectors are limited to the aperture that fits inside a launch vehicle without packaging the reflective surface. Mesh reflecto...

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Ab initio calculation at HF/6-31G* level of theory for geometry optimization and MP2/6-31G*//HF/6-31G* for a single point total energy calculation are reported for the important energyminimumconformations and transition-state geometries of of cyclodeca-1,2,3-triene (1). The mostfavorable conformation of 1 is a unsymmetrical twist-chair (1-TC) structure. Degenerateinterconversion of 1-TC with it...

This paper presents the switched-beam slot antenna over the electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) reflector. This antenna is composed of two slot elements fed with phase difference and the EBG reflector, which is applied in order to realize the low profile structure. The radiation characteristics of this antenna are calculated using the FDTD method. The calculated results show that the antenna height ...

A novel rear reflector structure that combines NIR light harvesting β-NaGdF4:Yb, Er, Fe upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and light reflecting silver particles has been successfully used to improve the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The power conversion efficiency of DSSCs with a rear reflector was 7.04%, which is an increase of 21.3% compared to the cell without a rear ref...

To reduce the potential of vascular injury without compromising the stone comminution capability of a Dornier HM-3 lithotripter, we have devised a method to suppress intraluminal bubble expansion via in situ pulse superposition. A thin shell ellipsoidal reflector insert was designed and fabricated to fit snugly into the original reflector of an HM-3 lithotripter. The inner surface of the reflec...

background: metastasis is one the most leading cause of death from cancer. the chemokine receptor of cxcr4 has an important role in cell migration and cancer metastasis. additionally, metastasis is always associated with the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (emt). in this study the correlation between expression of cxcr4 and emt-tfs has been examined. methods: the expression of cxcr...

The imaging of a small reflector embedded in a medium is a central problem in sensor array imaging. The goal is to find a reflector embedded in a medium. The medium is probed by an array of sources, and the signals backscattered by the reflector are recorded by an array of receivers. The responses between all pairs of source and receiver are collected so that the available information takes the...

The virtual reflector method simulates new seismic signals by processing traces recorded by a plurality of sources and receivers. The approach is based on the crossconvolution of the recorded signals and makes it possible to obtain the Green's function of virtual reflected signals as if in the position of the receivers (or sources) there were a reflector, even if said reflector is not present. ...

Composite Technology Development Inc. (CTD) is currently funded through the NASA Advanced Component Technology (ACT) program to develop an off-set fed, TEMBO continuous composite surface deployable reflector for earth science applications. This type of reflector will offer a parabolic surface with the accuracy needed for RF science measurements to Ka band and beyond, including a clean aperture ...