A stretchable RF antenna with silver nanowires

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 544-546

  Rai, Tanminder ^a   Dantes, Paolo ^a   Bahreyni, Behraad ^a   Kim, Woo Soo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible; patch antenna; RF antenna; strain sensor; stretchable

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RF ANTENNA; STRAIN SENSORS; STRETCHABLE; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

SILICONES;

EID: 84875674002     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2013.2245626     Document Type: Article

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