Towards Washable Wearable Antennas: A Comparison of Coating Materials for Screen-Printed Textile-Based UHF RFID Tags

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Manufacturer’s description</td><td align="center">Curing conditions</td><td align="center">Viscosity</td><td align="center">Conductivity</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">One component silver ink consisting of polyester resin and silver particles. Silver content is 60–65 wt% and polyester resin content is 11–14 wt%. Particle sizes are mainly in the range from 3 to15 <i>μ</i>m</td><td align="center">120°C, 15 min</td><td align="center">20–30 Pa<svg height="5.4499998" id="M2" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 4 5.4499998" width="4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>s</td><td align="center">1.25 MS/m</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Polymer thick film ink used in sample preparation.

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Table 1: Towards Washable Wearable Antennas: A Comparison of Coating Materials for Screen-Printed Textile-Based UHF RFID Tags 