Inkjet printed, self powered, wireless sensors for environmental, gas, and authentication-based sensing

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3139-3152

  Vyas, Rushi ^a   Lakafosis, Vasileios ^a   Lee, Hoseon ^a   Shaker, George ^b   Yang, Li ^a,c   Orecchini, Giulia ^d   Traille, Anya ^a   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a   Roselli, Luca ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antennas; battery less; carbon nanotube; green electronics; inkjet printed electronics; low power; passives; radio frequency (RF); radio frequency identification (RFID); sensor; solar; system on paper; system onpackage (SOP); wireless

Indexed keywords

BATTERY-LESS; GREEN ELECTRONICS; INKJET-PRINTED ELECTRONICS; LOW POWER; PASSIVES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF); SOLAR; SYSTEM-ON-PAPER; SYSTEM-ONPACKAGE (SOP);

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; CRYPTOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; INTEGRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MICROWAVE SENSORS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO WAVES; SENSOR NODES; SUBSTRATES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WEARABLE ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 80155122728     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2166996     Document Type: Article

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