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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Materials-Driven Advancements in Chipless Radio-Frequency Identification and Antenna Technologies.

Hafsa Anam, Syed Muzahir Abbas, Iain B Collings, Subhas Mukhopadhyay

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hafsa AnamSchool of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.ORCID 0009-0004-7965-4652
Syed Muzahir AbbasSchool of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6390-0896
Iain B CollingsSchool of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4857-2601
Subhas MukhopadhyaySchool of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8600-5907

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the technical characteristics of advanced versatile materials used in chipless radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and antennas. The focus is on materials that are used as radiators and substrates. Crucial aspects include flexibility, weight, size, gain, environmental sustainability, efficiency, fabrication time and type, and cost. A comprehensive set of tables are presented that summarize and compare material properties. The materials include flexible high-tech ink substances, graphene, and liquid crystals, as well as metamaterials which possess properties that allow for an increased bandwidth. Printing techniques are discussed for high-performance high-resolution fabricated tags. This paper contributes by systematically comparing emerging materials for chipless RFID tags, highlighting their impact on performance and sustainability. It also provides practical guidance for material selection and fabrication techniques to enable next-generation wireless applications. It presents a broad understanding of various materials and their use. The paper provides direction for the deployment and utilization of inexpensive passive chipless RFID tags in future intelligent wireless networks. The advancement of chipless RFID is largely driven by the development of innovative materials, especially in the realm of advanced materials and smart materials, which enable the creation of more cost-effective, flexible, and scalable RFID systems.

Indexed as

auto-IDchiplessCRFIDIoTlow costpassive RFID tagsRF tagsUHF RFIDWSN

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PMID40363304
PMCPMC12074473

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