Self-folding origami microstrip antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5416-5419

  Hayes, Gerard J ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Genzer, Jan ^a   Lazzi, Gianluca ^b   Dickey, Michael D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Light activated; Light sensitive; Microstrip antennas; Origami; Pre stressed polymers; Reconfigurable; Self folding; Shape memory polymers

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC LINES; LIGHT SOURCES; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; POLYMERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SLOT ANTENNAS; SUBSTRATES;

ORIGAMI; PRE-STRESSED; RECONFIGURABLE; SELF-FOLDING; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 84908005421     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2014.2346188     Document Type: Article

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