Stretchable and reversibly deformable radio frequency antennas based on silver nanowires

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4248-4253

  Song, Lingnan ^a   Myers, Amanda C ^a   Adams, Jacob J ^a   Zhu, Yong ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

microstrip patch antenna; printed electronics; silver nanowire; stretchable antenna; wireless strain sensing

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TENSILE STRAIN;

ELASTOMERIC SUBSTRATES; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; SILVER NANOWIRES; STRAIN SENSING; STRETCHABLE MATERIALS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84896995952     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405972e     Document Type: Article

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