About this Research Topic
With the rapid rise of communication technology and electronic equipment, electromagnetic wave (EMW) irradiation and interference poses serious threats to information security and the health of humans and animals. To solve these issues, high-performance EMW absorption materials are urgently needed. Magnetic-dielectric composites that promote magnetic loss, dielectric loss as well as good impedance match would be promising microwave absorbers.
Integrating magnetic metals, metal oxides, or their composites with carbon materials has been shown to improve their microwave absorption performance. However, there are still some great challenges in integrating metals with carbon materials. For instance, metals, metal oxides, or their composites possess high density and poor chemical corrosive resistance. These disadvantages may limit the practical applications of the metal/carbon composites as microwave absorption materials.
Due to impedance mismatching and limited loss mechanism, magnetic or dielectric materials with one single loss factor cannot display excellent EMW absorption performance. Therefore, through artificially adjusting electromagnetic parameters (complex permittivity and complex permeability), developing dielectric/magnetic composites with strong absorption capacity and broad absorption bandwidth has become a hot area of research within EMW absorbers.
We welcome studies looking at the design of the following materials to increase absorption properties:
• Dielectric loss-based microwave absorption materials, including carbon-based absorbers (amorphous carbon, CNTs, carbon fibers, graphene and others), semiconductors (ZnO, MnO2, Mos2, SiC and others)
• Magnetic loss-based microwave absorption materials, including magnetic metals and alloys, ferrites, etc.
• Polymer-based microwave absorption materials, including polypyrrole, polyamine, PEDOT, conductive polymer composites, etc.
• Various composite consisting of two or more constituents microwave absorption materials. Composites with delicate microstructures to obtain high-efficiency microwave absorption properties are of particular interest.
Integrating magnetic metals, metal oxides, or their composites with carbon materials has been shown to improve their microwave absorption performance. However, there are still some great challenges in integrating metals with carbon materials. For instance, metals, metal oxides, or their composites possess high density and poor chemical corrosive resistance. These disadvantages may limit the practical applications of the metal/carbon composites as microwave absorption materials.
Due to impedance mismatching and limited loss mechanism, magnetic or dielectric materials with one single loss factor cannot display excellent EMW absorption performance. Therefore, through artificially adjusting electromagnetic parameters (complex permittivity and complex permeability), developing dielectric/magnetic composites with strong absorption capacity and broad absorption bandwidth has become a hot area of research within EMW absorbers.
We welcome studies looking at the design of the following materials to increase absorption properties:
• Dielectric loss-based microwave absorption materials, including carbon-based absorbers (amorphous carbon, CNTs, carbon fibers, graphene and others), semiconductors (ZnO, MnO2, Mos2, SiC and others)
• Magnetic loss-based microwave absorption materials, including magnetic metals and alloys, ferrites, etc.
• Polymer-based microwave absorption materials, including polypyrrole, polyamine, PEDOT, conductive polymer composites, etc.
• Various composite consisting of two or more constituents microwave absorption materials. Composites with delicate microstructures to obtain high-efficiency microwave absorption properties are of particular interest.
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