Flexible antennas: A review

SG Kirtania, AW Elger, MR Hasan, A Wisniewska… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The field of flexible antennas is witnessing an exponential growth due to the demand for
wearable devices, Internet of Things (IoT) framework, point of care devices, personalized …

Applications of microwave materials: A review

A Raveendran, MT Sebastian, S Raman - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2019 - Springer
The performance of microwave devices mainly depends on the properties of materials used
in the fabrication. Knowledge of material properties at microwave frequencies is a …

3D printed fingernail antennas for 5G applications

P Njogu, B Sanz-Izquierdo, A Elibiary, SY Jun… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
3D printing of antennas on removable fingernail for on-body communications at microwave
and millimetre waves is proposed. Aerosol Jet technology, a fine-feature material deposition …

A review on materials and technologies for organic large‐area electronics

CS Buga, JC Viana - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
New and innovative applications in the field of electronics are rapidly emerging. Such
applications often require flexible or stretchable substrates, lightweight and transparent …

Flexible and stretchable brush-painted wearable antenna on a three-dimensional (3-D) printed substrate

M Rizwan, MWA Khan, L Sydänheimo… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents the proof-of-concept of the fabrication and performance analysis of a
flexible and stretchable wearable antenna on a three-dimensional (3-D) printed substrate. It …

RFID antennas for body-area applications: From wearables to implants

A Kiourti - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has recently attracted significant interest in
the realm of body-area applications, including both wearables and implants. The presence …

A review of radio frequency identification sensing systems for structural health monitoring

M Zhang, Z Liu, C Shen, J Wu, A Zhao - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Structural health monitoring (SHM) plays a critical role in ensuring the safety of large-scale
structures during their operational lifespan, such as pipelines, railways and buildings. In the …

3-D-printed phase-rectifying transparent superstrate for resonant-cavity antenna

T Hayat, MU Afzal, A Lalbakhsh… - IEEE antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A three-dimensional (3-D)-printed nonplanar highly transmitting superstrate is presented to
improve the directive radiation characteristics of a resonant-cavity antenna (RCA). Classical …

Permittivity-customizable ceramic-doped silicone substrates shaped with 3-D-printed molds to design flexible and conformal antennas

L Catarinucci, FP Chietera… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
3-D-Printing in antenna design is a recent research branch which is attracting academic and
industrial interest. Nevertheless, despite the advantages in terms of antenna customizability …

Soft materials for wearable/flexible electrochemical energy conversion, storage, and biosensor devices

P Bocchetta, D Frattini, S Ghosh, AMV Mohan, Y Kumar… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Next-generation wearable technology needs portable flexible energy storage, conversion,
and biosensor devices that can be worn on soft and curved surfaces. The conformal …