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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2013.2245626
