A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications

This review paper summarizes various approaches developed in the literature for antenna sensors with an emphasis on flexible solutions. The survey helps to recognize the limitations and advantages of this technology. Furthermore, it offers an overview of the main points for the development and desig...

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Autores: El Gharbi, Mariam|||0000-0002-6681-3907, Fernández García, Raúl|||0000-0002-4030-7256, Ahyoud, Saida, Gil Galí, Ignacio|||0000-0002-7175-5756
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/329854
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/329854
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13173781
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Palavra-chave:Textile fibers
Detectors
Antenna sensor
Textile materials
Wearable antenna sensor
Flexible
Fibres tèxtils
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria tèxtil::Fibres tèxtils
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura::Sensors i actuadors
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spelling A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applicationsEl Gharbi, Mariam|||0000-0002-6681-3907Fernández García, Raúl|||0000-0002-4030-7256Ahyoud, SaidaGil Galí, Ignacio|||0000-0002-7175-5756Textile fibersDetectorsAntenna sensorTextile materialsWearable antenna sensorFlexibleFibres tèxtilsDetectorsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria tèxtil::Fibres tèxtilsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura::Sensors i actuadorsThis review paper summarizes various approaches developed in the literature for antenna sensors with an emphasis on flexible solutions. The survey helps to recognize the limitations and advantages of this technology. Furthermore, it offers an overview of the main points for the development and design of flexible antenna sensors from the selection of the materials to the framing of the antenna including the different scenario applications. With regard to wearable antenna sensors deployment, a review of the textile materials that have been employed is also presented. Several examples related to human body applications of flexible antenna sensors such as the detection of NaCl and sugar solutions, blood and bodily variables such as temperature, strain, and finger postures are also presented. Future investigation directions and research challenges are proposed.This work was supported by the Spanish Government-MINECO under Projects TEC2016-79465-R.Peer ReviewedMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)20202020-08-2720202020-10-05journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/329854https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13173781reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3298542026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
title A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
spellingShingle A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
El Gharbi, Mariam|||0000-0002-6681-3907
Textile fibers
Detectors
Antenna sensor
Textile materials
Wearable antenna sensor
Flexible
Fibres tèxtils
Detectors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria tèxtil::Fibres tèxtils
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura::Sensors i actuadors
title_short A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
title_full A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
title_fullStr A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
title_full_unstemmed A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
title_sort A review of flexible wearable antenna sensors: design, fabrication methods, and applications
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv El Gharbi, Mariam|||0000-0002-6681-3907
Fernández García, Raúl|||0000-0002-4030-7256
Ahyoud, Saida
Gil Galí, Ignacio|||0000-0002-7175-5756
author El Gharbi, Mariam|||0000-0002-6681-3907
author_facet El Gharbi, Mariam|||0000-0002-6681-3907
Fernández García, Raúl|||0000-0002-4030-7256
Ahyoud, Saida
Gil Galí, Ignacio|||0000-0002-7175-5756
author_role author
author2 Fernández García, Raúl|||0000-0002-4030-7256
Ahyoud, Saida
Gil Galí, Ignacio|||0000-0002-7175-5756
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Textile fibers
Detectors
Antenna sensor
Textile materials
Wearable antenna sensor
Flexible
Fibres tèxtils
Detectors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria tèxtil::Fibres tèxtils
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura::Sensors i actuadors
topic Textile fibers
Detectors
Antenna sensor
Textile materials
Wearable antenna sensor
Flexible
Fibres tèxtils
Detectors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria tèxtil::Fibres tèxtils
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura::Sensors i actuadors
description This review paper summarizes various approaches developed in the literature for antenna sensors with an emphasis on flexible solutions. The survey helps to recognize the limitations and advantages of this technology. Furthermore, it offers an overview of the main points for the development and design of flexible antenna sensors from the selection of the materials to the framing of the antenna including the different scenario applications. With regard to wearable antenna sensors deployment, a review of the textile materials that have been employed is also presented. Several examples related to human body applications of flexible antenna sensors such as the detection of NaCl and sugar solutions, blood and bodily variables such as temperature, strain, and finger postures are also presented. Future investigation directions and research challenges are proposed.
publishDate 2020
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2020
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