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Synthesis of layered Fe3O4 nanodisk and nanostructure dependent microwave absorption property

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Fe3O4 nanodisks with plate and layered hierarchical nanostructure were successfully synthesized by the reduction of the layered α-Fe2O3 nanodisk. The microwave absorb ability could be well modulated by mainly tuning the nanostructure of the Fe3O4 nanodisks. The minimum reflection loss (RL) of layered Fe3O4 nanodisks reaches − 14.8 dB at an extremely low mass fraction (about 10%), which is better than − 10.0 dB obtained using plate Fe3O4 nanodisks. The dielectric loss plays a critical role in the structure-dependent RL ability, caused by the enhanced multiple reflections in the absorber and an increase of the dipoles, interfacial polarization, and the associated relaxation. Such layered Fe3O4 nanodisks open a new avenue to exploit new microwave devices.

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    Xudong Zhang, Chao Wang, Nankun Chen & Ningning Song

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

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Zhang, X., Ren, X., Wang, C. et al. Synthesis of layered Fe3O4 nanodisk and nanostructure dependent microwave absorption property. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 4404–4415 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-05183-9

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