Current progress in RFID Technology: Design, Materials, Fabrication and Applications

Abstract

This study reviews the recent developments in RFID technology and its potential applications in the real world. RFID Technology has been around for a long time. Yet, it hasn't been implemented on a large scale due to numerous reasons in the past. Now, RFID technology is considered as a means to handle supply chains during the pandemic situation. RFID is a subpart of printed electronics that use organic and inorganic materials to create electronic ink. The area of nanoparticles has contributed hugely to RFID as carbon nanotubes are being used extensively in RFID systems. RFID systems have many applications in healthcare and medical fields, agriculture management, food processing, library management, highway toll system, supply chain management. This review describes the various nanomaterials and fabrication techniques adopted to develop RFIDs for different applications by various research groups. It also covers the implementation of RFID technology in various fields from logistics, library, packaging, pharmaceutical, supply chain, construction industry, agriculture, etc. Results of the review and bibliometric analysis reveal that RFID research has attracted significant attention from the agriculture, logistics, medical, and food processing community. To the best of the authors' knowledge, the current review is one of the few attempts to provide insights into various nanomaterials used in RFID, its design, fabrication, working mechanism, and its applications using a comprehensive set of articles published in the last half a decade.