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Screen Printing Carbon Nanotubes Textiles Antennas for Smart Wearables
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Labiano, Isidoro Ibanez Arslan, Dilan Yenigun, Elif Ozden Asadi, Amir Cebeci, Hulya Alomainy, Akram |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Electronic textiles have become a dynamic research field in recent decades, attracting attention to smart wearables to develop and integrate electronic devices onto clothing. Combining traditional screen-printing techniques with novel nanocarbon-based inks offers seamless integration of flexible and conformal antenna patterns onto fabric substrates with a minimum weight penalty and haptic disruption. In this study, two different fabric-based antenna designs called PICA and LOOP were fabricated through a scalable screen-printing process by tuning the conductive ink formulations accompanied by cellulose nanocrystals. The printing process was controlled and monitored by revealing the relationship between the textiles’ nature and conducting nano-ink. The fabric prototypes were tested in dynamic environments mimicking complex real-life situations, such as being in proximity to a human body, and being affected by wrinkling, bending, and fabric care such as washing or ironing. Both computational and experimental on-and-off-body antenna gain results acknowledged the potential of tunable material systems complimenting traditional printing techniques for smart sensing technology as a plausible pathway for future wearables. |
| Starting Page | 4934 |
| e-ISSN | 14248220 |
| DOI | 10.3390/s21144934 |
| Journal | Sensors |
| Issue Number | 14 |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-07-20 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Sensors E-textiles Wearables Screen Printing Flexible Printed Antennas Carbon Nanotubes Inks |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
