• 文献标题:   Graphene Nanoflakes Printed Flexible Meandered-Line Dipole Antenna on Paper Substrate for Low-Cost RFID and Sensing Applications
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LENG T, HUANG XJ, CHANG KH, CHEN JC, ABDALLA MA, HU ZR
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, graphene nanoflake, screen printing, rfid, sensor
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE ANTENNAS WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1536-1225 EI 1548-5757
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Manchester
  • 被引频次:   44
  • DOI:   10.1109/LAWP.2016.2518746
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

In this letter, a graphene nanoflakes printed antenna is presented. Graphene nanoflakes conductive ink has been screen-printed on paper substrate and compressed to achieve the conductivity of 0.43 x 10(5) S/m. Low-profile meandered-line dipole antenna has been fabricated as a proof of concept due to its electrically small size and simple structure. The maximum gain is measured to be -4 dBi, the -10-dB bandwidth ranges from 984 to 1052 MHz (6.67%), and the radiation pattern is verified as being typical radiation patterns of a dipole-type antenna. The radiation efficiency is 32%. The measurement results reveal that graphene nanoflakes printed antenna can provide practically acceptable return loss, gain, bandwidth, and radiation patterns for mid-and short-range RFID, and sensing applications. Furthermore, screenprinting technique employed in this work is of extremely low cost and capable of producing antennas in mass production.