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  • Stretching the boundaries of textiles for wearable communication

Cakar, Ozer, Top, Aysemin, Alomainy, Akram, Cebeci, Hulya and Ozden Yenigun, Elif, 2018, Conference or Workshop, Stretching the boundaries of textiles for wearable communication at Smart NanoMaterials 2018: Advances, Innovation and Applications, Paris, France, 10 – 13 December 2018.

Abstract or Description:

This study explores wearable antenna designs developed based on the merits of graphene as a flexible, conductive fibre. First, graphene oxide (GO) liquid crystals (LCs) at GO concentration of 10 mg/mL-1 with dominant nematic phase formation are prepared. Then, GOLCs are wet-spun by designed spinning line and these continuous fibres are further reduced by NaBH4 to gain electrical conductivity. These yarns are intertwined with conventional yarns onto conductive ground substrates. Challenges related to the fabrication process of graphene based textile antennas for near-field communication is discussed. The proposed design is compared to patch antennas with the use of embroidering techniques involving silver yarns and inkjet-printing of conductive inks. This study is concerned to assess the use of graphene fibres as the conductor in textile antennas, and overcome the problem of the high surface resistance, and consequently the low efficiency in antenna gain.

Official URL: https://www.snaia2018.com/
Subjects: Other > Technologies > J400 Polymers and Textiles
School or Centre: School of Design
Funders: Horizon 2020
Date Deposited: 01 Sep 2020 17:19
Last Modified: 01 Sep 2020 17:22
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/4488
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