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Transparent broadband microwave metamaterial absorber with thermal insulating and soundproof

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Nowadays, multi-functional materials are desperately required for adapting the complex environment, which urges us to take more factors into consideration. Here, we proposed a broadband microwave absorber with multi-functionality such as optically transparent, thermal insulating and soundproof properties. Using indium tin oxide (ITO) based metamaterial, the device can achieve above 90% microwave absorption from 5.6 GHz to 23 GHz (cover X and Ku band). Moreover, with designed vacuum structure inside, the device is thermal insulating and soundproof. These multi-functional advantages give the absorber more flexibility in electromagnetic shielding and stealth application, which can be potentially applied in windows related industry.

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  1. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Tunable Laser, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China

    Chang Yang  (杨昌) & Yan-chen Qu  (曲彦臣)

  2. Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics Research Center, Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, 100094, China

    Chang Yang  (杨昌), Sai Chen  (陈赛), Shuai Niu  (牛帅) & Lin Xiao  (肖林)

  3. Key Laboratory of Infrared Imaging Materials and Detectors, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200083, China

    Sai Chen  (陈赛) & Lin Xiao  (肖林)

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This work has been supported by the Open Research Funding from Key Laboratory of Infrared Imaging Materials and Detectors (Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences).

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Yang, C., Chen, S., Niu, S. et al. Transparent broadband microwave metamaterial absorber with thermal insulating and soundproof. Optoelectron. Lett. 17, 85–89 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-021-0023-8

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