TelEMA LAB / COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECT
MWNanoWearIoT
Microwave engineering.
Woven into everyday life.
Smart microwave nanomaterial structures for body-centric communications and the Internet of Things.
MIS 5048187 · January 2020 – September 2021
THE PROJECT
Wireless connections.
Wearable structures.
MWNanoWearIoT investigated wearable microwave structures that can be integrated into everyday clothing. The project combined antenna design, simulation, fabrication, and measurement to explore body-centric communications and IoT applications.
The work evaluated graphene, conductive fabrics, and conductive nano-inks through prototype development and comparison of simulated and measured behaviour.
MATERIALS & FABRICATION
From advanced materials
to textile antenna prototypes.
The project explored combinations of conductive materials and textile substrates, including graphene-sheet and conductive-fabric antenna patches on denim and felt.
Graphene sheets
Flexible conductive patches for textile-based antenna designs.
Conductive textiles
Fabric-based conductors investigated alongside graphene prototypes.
Conductive nano-inks
Part of the advanced-materials approach described in the project’s original overview.
SIMULATION & EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION
Designed to flex.
Measured to understand.
Bending behaviour
Wearable antennas must operate on curved surfaces. The project examined rectangular, circular, and triangular patches under bending configurations.
Radiation performance
Simulated and measured results were compared to assess antenna response and radiation characteristics.
Body interaction
Specific absorption rate (SAR) modelling supported the investigation of body-centric antenna operation.
Bending configurations from the project’s existing research material.
Bringing the prototypes into the lab.
The project reported promising simulated and measured performance for wearable microwave prototypes intended for body-centric communications and IoT applications.
PROJECT GALLERY
A closer look at the research.
SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT
Publications & deliverables.
01 / JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wearable Textile Antenna with a Graphene-sheet or Conductive-fabric Patch for the 2.45 GHz band
T. N. Kapetanakis, C. D. Nikolopoulos, C. Petridis, and I. O. Vardiambasis
Electronics, 2021 · DOI: 10.3390/electronics10212571
02 / JOURNAL ARTICLE
Integrated in Clothes Graphene Antenna with Low SAR for Wearable Body-Centric Communications
T. N. Kapetanakis, C. D. Nikolopoulos, C. Petridis, and I. O. Vardiambasis
International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, 2021
03 / CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION
Wearable Antenna Design for Body-Centric Communications
T. N. Kapetanakis, C. D. Nikolopoulos, C. Petridis, and I. O. Vardiambasis
2nd International Symposium in Electronic Engineering, Information Technology & Education (EEITE 2020) · Chania, Crete, Greece · 12–14 October 2020
FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Supported by Greece and the European Union.
This research is carried out / funded in the context of the project “Smart Microwave Structures with Application in Body-Centric Communications and IoT” (MIS 5048187) under the call for proposals “Support for researchers with emphasis on young researchers – cycle B” (ΕΔΒΜ 103). The project is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) by the Operational Programme Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020.
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