Shape-Shifting Antenna Poised to Transform Communications
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryBy leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques and shape memory alloys, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created an antenna that can change its shape based on its temperature. This technology 鈥 described in a recent online publication in ACS Applied Engineering Materials and which will be featured on the cover of an upcoming print issue 鈥 has transformative potential in a wide range of military, scientific and commercial applications.