DocumentCode
78810
Title
A Stretchable RF Antenna With Silver Nanowires
Author
Rai, Tanminder ; Dantes, Paolo ; Bahreyni, B. ; Kim, Woo Soo
Author_Institution
Functional Materials Engineering Lab, Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada
Volume
34
Issue
4
fYear
2013
fDate
Apr-13
Firstpage
544
Lastpage
546
Abstract
A stretchable, flexible antenna fabricated with silver nanowires (AgNW) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is presented. Highly conductive AgNWs coupled with mechanically flexibility and durable PDMS are shown to produce promising results for RF sensing. The RF antenna is designed as a 1.5-GHz microstrip patch antenna using the transmission-line model. The resonance frequency of the antenna shifts in response to the applied force/strain, making the configuration suitable for wireless sensing applications.
Keywords
Nanowires; Patch antennas; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; Silver; Strain; Flexible; RF antenna; patch antenna; strain sensor; stretchable;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0741-3106
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LED.2013.2245626
Filename
6473823
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