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International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation

2014

Session Number:FR2B

Session:

Number:FR2B_11

Investigation of Embroidery Conductive Layer Dyed with Graphene and ZnO

Loc Ngo Quang Bao,  Pei Cheng Ooi,  Jit Kai Chin,  Chuan Chin Pu,  

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Publication Date:2014/12/2

Online ISSN:2188-5079

DOI:10.34385/proc.36.FR2B_11

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Summary:
This paper presents a method to improve the conductivity of embroidered patch antenna by using graphene and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopowder. By dispersion and immersion of graphene and ZnO, the embroidered conductive patch layers have been designed, fabricated and tested. Analysis of the effect of graphene and ZnO solution on patch resistance has been carried out. The measured results show that the conductivity performs better with ZnO dyed embroidered patch layer. In contrast, graphene improves the sheet resistance while ethanol solvent reacts with silver thread.