Only skin deep: Inkjet-printed zero-power sensors for large-scale RFID-integrated smart skins

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 103-114

  Cook, Ben S ^a   Le, T ^a   Palacios, S ^a   Traille, A ^a   Tentzeris, M M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE INTELLIGENCE; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES; LARGE SCALE SENSOR NETWORK; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; RETAIL STORES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84876038156     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2013.2240855     Document Type: Article

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