| CPC H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/368 (2013.01); H01Q 1/526 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. A carbon nanoparticle hybrid antenna, comprising:
a substrate;
a conductive layer on a surface of the substrate and comprising either a metal mesh (MM) layer that comprises a metallic grid composed of ultranarrow interconnected spaced linear metal structures or a nanowire layer that comprises nanowires with diameters that are less than their lengths randomly distributed on the surface; and
wherein the conductive layer is overlain by a signal enhancement layer that comprises a dried ink that comprises conductive nanoparticles that comprise one or both of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, wherein the areal coverage of conductive nanoparticles of the signal enhancement layer is from 0.75 to 5 mg/m2.
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