Research Article
Wearable Antennas for Remote Health Care Monitoring Systems
Table 1
Comparison between conductive materials used for fabricating wearable antennas.
| | Conductive material | | NWCFs | Threads | Electro-textiles | Inks |
| Conductivity | High | Low | High | Low | Spatial resolution | High | High | Low | Low | Fraying | No | No | Yes | No | Washability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cost | Low | High | High | Low | Ref. | This work | [13] | [24, 25] | [26ā29] |
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