Reversibly Stretchable, Optically Transparent Radio-Frequency Antennas Based on Wavy Ag Nanowire Networks
- Authors
- Kim, Byoung Soo; Shin, Keun-Young; Pyo, Jun Beom; Lee, Jonghwi; Son, Jeong Gon; Lee, Sang-Soo; Park, Jong Hyuk
- Issue Date
- 2016-02-03
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Citation
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v.8, no.4, pp.2582 - 2590
- Abstract
- We report a facile approach for producing reversibly stretchable, optically transparent radio-frequency antennas based on wavy Ag nanowire (NW) networks. The wavy configuration of Ag NWs is obtained by floating the NW networks on the surface of water, followed by compression. Stretchable antennas are prepared by transferring the compressed NW networks onto elastomeric substrates. The resulting antennas show excellent performance under mechanical deformation due to the wavy configuration, which allows the release of stress applied to the NWs and an increase in the contact area between NWs. The antennas formed from the wavy NW networks exhibit a smaller return loss and a higher radiation efficiency when strained than the antennas formed from the straight NW networks, as well as an improved stability in cyclic deformation tests. Moreover, the wavy NW antennas require a relatively small quantity of NWs, which leads to low production costs and provides an optical transparency. These results demonstrate the potential of these wavy Ag NW antennas in applications of wireless communications for wearable systems.
- Keywords
- SILVER NANOWIRES; WEARABLE ELECTRONICS; PERCOLATION NETWORK; COMMUNICATION; CONDUCTORS; DEVICES; SYSTEMS; DIVERSITY; RADIO; SILVER NANOWIRES; WEARABLE ELECTRONICS; PERCOLATION NETWORK; COMMUNICATION; CONDUCTORS; DEVICES; SYSTEMS; DIVERSITY; RADIO; silver nanowire network; wavy configuration; stretchable transparent antenna; radio frequency antenna; wearable antenna
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- URI
- https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/124402
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.5b10317
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- KIST Article > 2016
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