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Direct Transfer Patterning of Electrically Small Antennas onto Three‐Dimensionally Contoured Substrates
Author(s) -
Pfeiffer Carl,
Xu Xin,
Forrest Stephen R.,
Grbic Anthony
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201104290
Subject(s) - materials science , substrate (aquarium) , transfer printing , process (computing) , optoelectronics , limit (mathematics) , nanotechnology , optics , computer science , composite material , mathematical analysis , oceanography , mathematics , geology , operating system , physics
A direct transfer patterning process is presented that allows metallic patterns to be stamped onto a contoured substrate. This process was used to make some of the most efficient electrically small antennas to date, while maintaining bandwidths approaching the physical limit.