Shape-Morphing Antenna Array by 4D-Printed Multimaterial Miura Origami
- Authors
- Park, Seyeon; Park, Eiyong; Lee, Minjae; Lim, Sungjoon
- Issue Date
- Oct-2023
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- 4D printing; antenna array; Miura origami; multimaterial; origami antenna; screen-printing; self-deformation; shape memory polymer
- Citation
- ACS applied materials & interfaces, v.15, no.42, pp 49843 - 49853
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- ACS applied materials & interfaces
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 42
- Start Page
- 49843
- End Page
- 49853
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/68692
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.3c11425
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
1944-8252
- Abstract
- The rapid development of four-dimensional (4D) printing technology has resulted in its application in various fields, including radiofrequency (RF) electronics. Moreover, because origami-inspired RF electronics provide a physically deformable geometry, they are good candidates for reconfigurable RF applications. However, previous origami-inspired RF electronics have generally been fabricated on paper for easy folding and unfolding. Although this facilitates easy fabrication, the resultant structures suffer from a lack of rigidity and stability. In this paper, we propose a 4D-printed multimaterial Miura origami structure for RF spectrum applications. For thermal actuation and robustness, the proposed structure consists of high-temperature durable cores with shape memory polymer (SMP) hinges. The high-temperature durable cores provide rigidity to the desired part and reduce the level of distortion of the conductive pattern, while the SMP hinges enable shape morphing. To demonstrate the feasibility of the technique for RF electronics, a shape-morphing pattern reconfigurable antenna array is designed at 2.4 GHz using the proposed 4D-printed multimaterial structure. Through numerical and experimental demonstrations, the proposed antenna's maximum beam direction is changed from 0° to 50° by thermally morphing the Miura origami. In addition, the antenna successfully recovers to its memorized original state.
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