Conformal Pad-Printing Electrically Conductive Composites onto Thermoplastic Hemispheres: Toward Sustainable Fabrication of 3-Cents Volumetric Electrically Small Antennas

Haoyi Wu; Sum Wai Chiang; Cheng Yang; Ziyin Lin; Jingping Liu; Kyoung-Sik Moon; Feiyu Kang; Bo Li; Ching Ping Wong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136939

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Conformal Pad-Printing Electrically Conductive Composites onto Thermoplastic Hemispheres: Toward Sustainable Fabrication of 3-Cents Volumetric Electrically Small Antennas

Haoyi Wu,

Affiliation Division of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Xili University Town, Shenzhen City, China
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Sum Wai Chiang,

Affiliation Division of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Xili University Town, Shenzhen City, China
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Cheng Yang ,

* E-mail: yang.cheng@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn

Affiliation Division of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Xili University Town, Shenzhen City, China
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Ziyin Lin,

Affiliation School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Jingping Liu,

Affiliation Division of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Xili University Town, Shenzhen City, China
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Kyoung-Sik Moon,

Affiliation School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Feiyu Kang,

Affiliations Division of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Xili University Town, Shenzhen City, China, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Bo Li,

Affiliation Division of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Xili University Town, Shenzhen City, China
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Ching Ping Wong

Affiliations School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Conformal Pad-Printing Electrically Conductive Composites onto Thermoplastic Hemispheres: Toward Sustainable Fabrication of 3-Cents Volumetric Electrically Small Antennas

Haoyi Wu,
Sum Wai Chiang,
Cheng Yang,
Ziyin Lin,
Jingping Liu,
Kyoung-Sik Moon,
Feiyu Kang,
Bo Li,
Ching Ping Wong

Published: August 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136939

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