• 文献标题:   Toward transparent and self-activated graphene harmonic transponder sensors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG H, SAKHDARI M, HAJIZADEGAN M, SHAHINI A, AKINWANDE D, CHEN PY
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wayne State Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4948254
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We propose the concept and design of a transparent, flexible, and self-powered wireless sensor comprising a graphene-based sensor/frequency-modulator circuitry and a graphene antenna. In this allgraphene device, the multilayered-graphene antenna receives the fundamental tone at C band and retransmits the frequency-modulated sensed signal (harmonic tone) at X band. The frequency orthogonality between the received/re-transmitted signals may enable high-performance sensing in severe interference/clutter background. Here, a fully passive, quad-ring frequency multiplier is proposed using graphene field-effect transistors, of which the unique ambipolar charge transports render a frequency doubling effect with conversion gain being chemically sensitive to exposed gas/molecular/chemical/infectious agents. This transparent, light-weight, and self-powered system may potentially benefit a number of wireless sensing and diagnosis applications, particularly for smart contact lenses/glasses and microscope slides that require high optical transparency. Published by AIP Publishing.