Wearable Antennas for Remote Health Care Monitoring Systems

Table 1

Comparison between conductive materials used for fabricating wearable antennas.

	Conductive material
	NWCFs	Threads	Electro-textiles	Inks
Conductivity	High	Low	High	Low
Spatial resolution	High	High	Low	Low
Fraying	No	No	Yes	No
Washability	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cost	Low	High	High	Low
Ref.	This work	[13]	[24, 25]	[26–29]