Issue 3, 2023

Flexible two-dimensional MXene-based antennas

Abstract

With the growing development of the Internet of things, wearable electronic devices have been extensively applied in civilian and military fields. As an essential component of data transmission in wearable electronics, a flexible antenna is one of the key aspects of research. Conventional metal antennas suffer from a large skin depth, and cannot satisfy the requirements of wearable electronics such as light weight, flexibility, and thinness. Recently, a group of two-dimensional metallic metal carbides (named MXenes) have been explored as building blocks for high-performance flexible antennas with excellent flexibility and superior mechanical strength. The appearance of hydrophilic functional groups at the surface of a MXene allows simple, scalable, and environmentally friendly manufacturing of MXene-based antennas. In this minireview, some pioneering works of MXene-based flexible radio frequency components are summarized, and the existing bottlenecks and the future trends of this promising field are discussed.

Graphical abstract: Flexible two-dimensional MXene-based antennas

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
30 Nov. 2022
Accepted
17 Janv. 2023
First published
18 Janv. 2023

Nanoscale Horiz., 2023,8, 309-319

Flexible two-dimensional MXene-based antennas

X. Fan, X. Zhang, Y. Li, H. He, Q. Wang, L. Lan, W. Song, T. Qiu and W. Lu, Nanoscale Horiz., 2023, 8, 309 DOI: 10.1039/D2NH00556E

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