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ECOSURF SA-9: A Biodegradable Alternative to Triton X-100 for Tissue Phantoms

Fernández Carnicero, Adrián  
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Raman, Sujith  
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Skrivervik, Anja K.  
March 30, 2025
EuCAP 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation Ebook
19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

Tissue phantoms are materials designed to mimic the dielectric properties of biological tissues. This work proposes eco-friendly tissue phantoms of cartilage, cerebrospinal fluid and stomach in the frequency range between 0.4 and 6 GHz. For reaching this purpose, Triton X-100, a non-ionic surfactant is replaced by ECOSURF SA-9 seed oil-based non-ionic surfactant. Whereas Triton X-100 is very toxic to aquatic life, causes eye damage and sky irritation and is not biodegradable, ECOSURF SA-9 is a biodegradable and low risk non-ionic surfactant with similar dielectric properties to Triton X-100. The proposed phantoms are prepared and measured using both non-ionic surfactants, obtaining a good agreement between them. Therefore, it is shown that ECOSURF SA-9 is a safer and eco-friendlier alternative to Triton X-100 that permits to obtain biodegradable, safe, low cost, ease-to-prepare and time-stable phantoms.

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