A review on printed electronics: fabrication methods, inks, substrates, applications and environmental impacts

J Wiklund, A Karakoç, T Palko, H Yiğitler… - … of Manufacturing and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Innovations in industrial automation, information and communication technology (ICT),
renewable energy as well as monitoring and sensing fields have been paving the way for …

Recent advances of wearable antennas in materials, fabrication methods, designs, and their applications: State-of-the-art

SM Ali, C Sovuthy, MA Imran, S Socheatra, QH Abbasi… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The demand for wearable technologies has grown tremendously in recent years. Wearable
antennas are used for various applications, in many cases within the context of wireless …

Design and analysis of dual polarized broadband microstrip patch antenna for 5G mmWave antenna module on FR4 substrate

G Kim, S Kim - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents a dual polarized broadband microstrip patch antenna for a 5G mmWave
antenna module on an FR4 substrate. The proposed antenna was fabricated using a …

Wearable AMC backed near-endfire antenna for on-body communications on latex substrate

K Agarwal, YX Guo, B Salam - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A near-endfire, artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) backed wearable antenna is proposed in
this paper for wireless body area networks operating in the 2.4-GHz industrial, scientific and …

A flexible 2.45-GHz power harvesting wristband with net system output from− 24.3 dBm of RF power

SE Adami, P Proynov, GS Hilton, G Yang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a flexible 2.45-GHz wireless power harvesting wristband that generates
a net dc output from a-24.3-dBm RF input. This is the lowest reported system sensitivity for …

Inkjet printing of novel wideband and high gain antennas on low-cost paper substrate

BS Cook, A Shamim - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A complete characterization of the inkjet printing process using metallic nanoparticle inks on
a paper substrate for microwave frequencies up to 12.5 GHz as well as its application to low …

Inkjet-printed electronics on paper for RF identification (RFID) and sensing

S Kim - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The newly developed research area of inkjet-printed radio frequency (RF) electronics on
cellulose-based and synthetic paper substrates is introduced in this paper. This review …

A dual-mode single-band wearable microstrip antenna for body area networks

C Mendes, C Peixeiro - IEEE Antennas and Wireless …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design, fabrication, and test of a novel single-band wearable antenna with dual-mode
operation (on-body and off-body) for body area network's applications in the 2.45 GHz …

Development of robust transparent conformal antennas based on conductive mesh-polymer composite for unobtrusive wearable applications

ASM Sayem, RBVB Simorangkir… - … on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a detailed investigation of the realization of conformal wearable transparent
antennas by integrating conductive mesh with polymer has been presented. The proposed …

Polydimethylsiloxane-embedded conductive fabric: Characterization and application for realization of robust passive and active flexible wearable antennas

RBVB Simorangkir, Y Yang, RM Hashmi… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present our study on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-embedded conductive fabric, which
we propose as a simple yet effective solution to the challenging issue of poor PDMS-metal …