Imperial College London
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ProfessorThomasAnthopoulos

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6669thomas.anthopoulos Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Carolyn Dale +44 (0)20 7594 7579

 
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Location

 

1111Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Semple:2017:1361-6641/aa89ce,
author = {Semple, J and Georgiadou, DG and Wyatt-Moon, G and Gelinck, G and Anthopoulos, TD},
doi = {1361-6641/aa89ce},
journal = {Semiconductor Science and Technology},
title = {Flexible diodes for radio frequency (RF) electronics: a materials perspective},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6641/aa89ce},
volume = {32},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Over the last decade, there has been increasing interest in transferring the research advances in radiofrequency (RF) rectifiers, the quintessential element of the chip in the RF identification (RFID) tags, obtained on rigid substrates onto plastic (flexible) substrates. The growing demand for flexible RFID tags, wireless communications applications and wireless energy harvesting systems that can be produced at a low-cost is a key driver for this technology push. In this topical review, we summarise recent progress and status of flexible RF diodes and rectifying circuits, with specific focus on materials and device processing aspects. To this end, different families of materials (e.g. flexible silicon, metal oxides, organic and carbon nanomaterials), manufacturing processes (e.g. vacuum and solution processing) and device architectures (diodes and transistors) are compared. Although emphasis is placed on performance, functionality, mechanical flexibility and operating stability, the various bottlenecks associated with each technology are also addressed. Finally, we present our outlook on the commercialisation potential and on the positioning of each material class in the RF electronics landscape based on the findings summarised herein. It is beyond doubt that the field of flexible high and ultra-high frequency rectifiers and electronics as a whole will continue to be an active area of research over the coming years.
AU  - Semple,J
AU  - Georgiadou,DG
AU  - Wyatt-Moon,G
AU  - Gelinck,G
AU  - Anthopoulos,TD
DO  - 1361-6641/aa89ce
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0268-1242
TI  - Flexible diodes for radio frequency (RF) electronics: a materials perspective
T2  - Semiconductor Science and Technology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6641/aa89ce
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/54649
VL  - 32
ER  -
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