Metamaterial biosensor for cancer detection
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2012)
Metamaterial biosensor for cancer detection. In SENSORS, 2011 IEEEdoi:10.1109/icsens.2011.6127103
In this study a low-cost, compact, and high-performing metamaterial-based biosensor operating in the GHz regime is presented. The sensor is designed to detect the presence of ...
Surface wave cloaking using transformation optics
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L., & Hao, Y. (2015)
Surface wave cloaking using transformation optics. In 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC)doi:10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302892
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the study of manipulating surface waves from microwave to optical frequencies [1, 2], especially for the design of conformal...
Nanorod-based glucose sensor.
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L., Iovine, R., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2012)
Nanorod-based glucose sensor. In Metamorphose VI: Proceedings of Metamaterials '2012: The Sixth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics
In this paper, a metamaterial-based sensor consisting of an array of nanorods is proposed. An analytical model, describing the electromagnetic response of the nanorods, is pro...
Metamaterial-based sensor for skin disease diagnostics
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L., Iovine, R., Tarparelli, R., & Vegni, L. (2013)
Metamaterial-based sensor for skin disease diagnostics. In Proceedings Volume 8767, Integrated Photonics: Materials, Devices, and Applications II; 87670Tdoi:10.1117/12.2017561
Skin absorption properties, under diseases conditions, are modified due to the structural variations of chromophores and pigments. The measurement of such different absorption...
Electromagnetic analysis of deep brain stimulation
Conference Proceeding
Tarparelli, R., Iovine, R., La Spada, L., & Vegni, L. (2013)
Electromagnetic analysis of deep brain stimulation. In 2013 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA)doi:10.1109/iceaa.2013.6632424
In this contribution the stimulus complications in DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) are evaluated and discussed. In particular we present a new method to predict the network respo...
Metasurface-Epsilon Near Zero-based Electromagnetic Wave Absorber
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L. (2014)
Metasurface-Epsilon Near Zero-based Electromagnetic Wave Absorber. In Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Body Area Networksdoi:10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257016
The purpose of this paper is to design a new electromagnetic wave absorber. It consists of a planar layered structure with an isotropic Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) material and a ...
Epsilon-Near-Zero Nanoantennas
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L. (2014)
Epsilon-Near-Zero Nanoantennas. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Body Area Networksdoi:10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257015
In this paper the design of Epsilon Near Zero (ENZ) antennas, working in the infrared and optical regime, is presented. Two different structures are considered: the classical ...
Metamaterial resonator arrays for organic and inorganic compound sensing
Conference Proceeding
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2011)
Metamaterial resonator arrays for organic and inorganic compound sensing. In Proceedings Volume 8306, Photonics, Devices, and Systems V; 83060I (2011)doi:10.1117/12.912267
In this paper, an electromagnetic metamaterial resonator operating in the terahertz frequency range is presented. By arranging the resonator in a planar array, it is possible ...
Multi resonant platform based on modified metallic nanoparticles for biological tissue characterization
Conference Proceeding
Iovine, R., La Spada, L., Tarparelli, R., & Vegni, L. (2013)
Multi resonant platform based on modified metallic nanoparticles for biological tissue characterization. In Proceedings Volume 8789, Modeling Aspects in Optical Metrology IVdoi:10.1117/12.2020522
In this contribution optical properties of new metallic nanoparticles for biomedical applications are investigated. These particles consist of a pair of opposing gold prisms w...
Electromagnetic modeling of metamaterial-based sensors
Conference Proceeding
Spada, L. L. (2015)
Electromagnetic modeling of metamaterial-based sensors. doi:10.1109/imws-bio.2014.7032448
In this paper metamaterial-based sensors electromagnetic modeling is presented. In particular, the interaction between the electromagnetic waves and such structures is analyti...