4 papers
Scalable reflective communication for microscopic electronics
Matthew F. Campbell, Kyle Skelil, Chaitanya Karimanasseri +6
Untethered microscopic electronic circuits hold the potential for extraordinary advances in many fields such as neural transmitting and distributed sensing. However, establishing u…
Low-Power Solar Sail Control using In-Plane Forces from Tunable Buckling of Kirigami Films
Gulzhan Aldan, Igor Bargatin
We present a proof-of-concept study showing that buckled aluminized polyimide films perforated with millimeter-scale cuts can redirect normally incident light obliquely and generat…
Kirigami Film Reflector for Deployable Space Antennas
Gulzhan Aldan, Henry Love, Matthew Campbell +2
We propose a low-pretension reflective kirigami film as a material for the reflective surfaces of large deployable space reflector antennas with an operating frequency around 10 GH…
Experimental demonstration of corrugated nanolaminate films as reflective light sails
Matthew F. Campbell, Pawan Kumar, Jason Lynch +11
Achieving laser-driven, reflective, relativistic light sails would represent a tremendous breakthrough for humankind, allowing us to advance our understanding of the solar system a…