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Ceramic based multi walled carbon nanotubes composites for highly efficient electromagnetic interference shielding

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In this work, for the first time a highly conductive ceramic composite was made by incorporating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in aluminum (Al)/alumina (Al2O3) matrix by a simple mechanical mixing technique. The different weight percentage (wt%) of MWCNT incorporated with Al/Al2O3 and their role on the electrical and electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) of ceramic composites were investigated. The high electrical conductivity of 280 S/m was achieved for MWCNT@Al/Al2O3 composites with 8 wt% MWCNT content which is 280 times higher than MWCNT@Al/Al2O3 composites (1 S/m) with 1 wt% MWCNT. In addition, MWCNT@Al/Al2O3 sample showed a high EMI SE value of 46 dB for the X-band which is capable to block more than 99.9% of incident electromagnetic radiation. The high electrical conductivity and EMI SE properties of MWCNTs embedded ceramic composite system has originated from the homogenous distribution of conducting carbon nanotubes to form a percolated network at low filler loading. This work presents a strategy to develop a conductive ceramic composites for the excellent EMI shielding and electrical properties by a simple mechanical mixing approach.

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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education (2017R1C1B5076952). Dr. Faisal Shahzad is also thankful for financial support of HEC under SRGP project 2182.

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    Rizwan Ul Hassan

  2. National Centre for Nanotechnology, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (DMME), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, 45650, Pakistan

    Faisal Shahzad

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

    Nadir Abbas

  4. Department of Nano and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, Republic of Korea

    Sajjad Hussain

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Ul Hassan, R., Shahzad, F., Abbas, N. et al. Ceramic based multi walled carbon nanotubes composites for highly efficient electromagnetic interference shielding. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 30, 13381–13388 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01705-2

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