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Flexible cementite/ferroferric oxide/silicon dioxide/carbon nanofibers composite membrane with low-frequency dispersion weakly negative permittivity

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The application of negative permittivity materials in new principle electronic devices has put forward strict requirements on the value and dispersion of negative permittivity, and the flexibility of negative permittivity materials is also needed in the new generation of wearable electronic devices. In this work, the flexible cementite (Fe3C)/ferroferric oxide (Fe3O4)/silicon dioxide (SiO2)/carbon nanofibers composite membrane with weakly and low-frequency dispersion negative permittivity was prepared by electrospinning and high temperature carbonization. Carbon nanofibers were connected to each other to form a flexible conductive network with negative permittivity response, which can be regulated by adding Fe3C and Fe3O4 conductive particles to carbon nanofibers to adjust the carrier concentration. The addition of SiO2 not only improves the flexibility of the material, but also the contact of SiO2 with isolated Fe3C and Fe3O4 particles produces a positive permittivity response due to interfacial polarization. By controlling the content of Fe3C and Fe3O4, the intensity of positive and negative permittivity responses can be regulated, and through the synergistic effect of positive and negative permittivity responses (described by Drude-Debye model), the weakly (about − 80) and low-frequency dispersion negative permittivity was realized in the material. Our study not only offers valuable guidance for the fabrication of flexible materials with negative permittivity, but also addresses the issue of high-frequency dispersion associated with negative permittivity, thereby broadening the potential applications of such materials.

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This research is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [52101176], the National Key Research and Development Program of China [2022YFB3505104]. Deanship of Scientific Research, Taif University, funded this work.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China

    Mingxiang Liu, Yingjie Wang, Peitao Xie & Yao Liu

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Mingxiang Liu, Han Wu & Peitao Xie

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Juanna Ren

  4. Advanced Materials Division, Engineered Multifunctional Composites (EMC) Nanotech LLC, Knoxville, TN, 37934, USA

    Juanna Ren

  5. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Hafr Al Batin, P.O. Box 39524, Hafar Al Batin, Saudi Arabia

    Dalal A. Alshammari

  6. Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. box 11099, 21944, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    Hassan E. Abd Elsalam & Islam H. El Azab

  7. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

    Hassan Algadi

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All authors have made contributions to this work. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Mingxiang Liu, Han Wu, Yingjie Wang, Juanna Ren, Dalal A. Alshammari, Hassan Algadi, Peitao Xie, and Yao Liu. Mingxiang Liu, Peitao Xie, and Yao Liu wrote the manuscript. Peitao Xie and Yao Liu gave the meaningful advice in the analysis of the performance of nanocomposites. Peitao Xie, Yao Liu, Hassan E. Abd Elsalam, and Islam H. El Azab gave financial support for this work. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Liu, M., Wu, H., Wang, Y. et al. Flexible cementite/ferroferric oxide/silicon dioxide/carbon nanofibers composite membrane with low-frequency dispersion weakly negative permittivity. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 6, 217 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-023-00799-x

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