Conformal Printing of Electrically Small Antennas on Three-Dimensional Surfaces

Adams, Jacob J.; Duoss, Eric B.; Malkowski, Thomas F.; Motala, Michael J.; Ahn, Bok Yeop; Nuzzo, Ralph G.; Bernhard, Jennifer T.; Lewis, Jennifer A.

doi:10.1002/adma.201003734

Conformal Printing of Electrically Small Antennas on Three-Dimensional Surfaces

Journal Article · Wed Jan 19 00:00:00 UTC 2011 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201003734· OSTI ID:1875112

Adams, Jacob J. ^[1]; Duoss, Eric B. ^[2]; Malkowski, Thomas F. ^[2]; Motala, Michael J. ^[2]; Ahn, Bok Yeop ^[2]; Nuzzo, Ralph G. ^[2]; Bernhard, Jennifer T. ^[2]; Lewis, Jennifer A. ^[2]

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); University of Illinois
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Conformal printing of electrically small antennas onto the convex and concave surfaces of hemispherical glass substrates is demonstrated. Here, their bandwidth approaches the fundamental limit for their size, offering nearly an order of magnitude improvement over rudimentary monopole designs.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46471

OSTI ID:: 1875112

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 23; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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