
Exposure of insects to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from 2 to 120 GHz
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- Arno Thielens (UGent) , Duncan Bell, David B. Mortimore, Mark K. Greco, Luc Martens (UGent) and Wout Joseph (UGent)
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- Abstract
- Insects are continually exposed to Radio-Frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields at different frequencies. The range of frequencies used for wireless telecommunication systems will increase in the near future from below 6 GHz (2 G, 3 G, 4 G, and WiFi) to frequencies up to 120 GHz (5 G). This paper is the first to report the absorbed RF electromagnetic power in four different types of insects as a function of frequency from 2 GHz to 120 GHz. A set of insect models was obtained using novel Micro-CT (computer tomography) imaging. These models were used for the first time in finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic simulations. All insects showed a dependence of the absorbed power on the frequency. All insects showed a general increase in absorbed RF power at and above 6 GHz, in comparison to the absorbed RF power below 6 GHz. Our simulations showed that a shift of 10% of the incident power density to frequencies above 6 GHz would lead to an increase in absorbed power between 3-370%.
- Keywords
- RADIO-FREQUENCY, PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENTS, MICROWAVE IRRADIATION, DIELECTRIC-PROPERTIES, PEST-CONTROL, HUMAN-BODY, 10 MHZ, SAR, RF, RADIATION
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8556815
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- Thielens, Arno, et al. “Exposure of Insects to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2 to 120 GHz.” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 8, Nature Publishing Group, 2018, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22271-3.
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- Thielens, A., Bell, D., Mortimore, D. B., Greco, M. K., Martens, L., & Joseph, W. (2018). Exposure of insects to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from 2 to 120 GHz. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22271-3
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- Thielens, Arno, Duncan Bell, David B. Mortimore, Mark K. Greco, Luc Martens, and Wout Joseph. 2018. “Exposure of Insects to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2 to 120 GHz.” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22271-3.
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- Thielens, Arno, Duncan Bell, David B. Mortimore, Mark K. Greco, Luc Martens, and Wout Joseph. 2018. “Exposure of Insects to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2 to 120 GHz.” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22271-3.
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- 1.Thielens A, Bell D, Mortimore DB, Greco MK, Martens L, Joseph W. Exposure of insects to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from 2 to 120 GHz. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8.
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- [1]A. Thielens, D. Bell, D. B. Mortimore, M. K. Greco, L. Martens, and W. Joseph, “Exposure of insects to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from 2 to 120 GHz,” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 8, 2018.
@article{8556815, abstract = {{Insects are continually exposed to Radio-Frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields at different frequencies. The range of frequencies used for wireless telecommunication systems will increase in the near future from below 6 GHz (2 G, 3 G, 4 G, and WiFi) to frequencies up to 120 GHz (5 G). This paper is the first to report the absorbed RF electromagnetic power in four different types of insects as a function of frequency from 2 GHz to 120 GHz. A set of insect models was obtained using novel Micro-CT (computer tomography) imaging. These models were used for the first time in finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic simulations. All insects showed a dependence of the absorbed power on the frequency. All insects showed a general increase in absorbed RF power at and above 6 GHz, in comparison to the absorbed RF power below 6 GHz. Our simulations showed that a shift of 10% of the incident power density to frequencies above 6 GHz would lead to an increase in absorbed power between 3-370%.}}, articleno = {{3924}}, author = {{Thielens, Arno and Bell, Duncan and Mortimore, David B. and Greco, Mark K. and Martens, Luc and Joseph, Wout}}, issn = {{2045-2322}}, journal = {{SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}}, keywords = {{RADIO-FREQUENCY,PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENTS,MICROWAVE IRRADIATION,DIELECTRIC-PROPERTIES,PEST-CONTROL,HUMAN-BODY,10 MHZ,SAR,RF,RADIATION}}, language = {{eng}}, pages = {{10}}, publisher = {{Nature Publishing Group}}, title = {{Exposure of insects to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from 2 to 120 GHz}}, url = {{http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22271-3}}, volume = {{8}}, year = {{2018}}, }
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