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Green Synthesis of Super-Hydrophobic MXene–Hexaferrite Composite for EMI Shielding

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This research introduces a green synthesis route for a MXene/PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) composite using electrospinning to realize ultra-thin mats with super-hydrophobic properties. Comparative analysis between mats designed using conventional solvent casting and electrospinning techniques was carried out to identify superior electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI) behavior of MXenes at ultra-low concentrations (2 wt.%) and its dependence on morphological characteristics. Herein, a novel composition of MXenes and barium–cobalt hexaferrite (BaM) mediated via microwave heating (15 min) is explored. MXene/BaM composites were synthesized using solvent casting and electrospinning techniques. These materials have a wide range of functional applications, including EMI shielding, stealth, and the reduction of the radar cross-section (RCS) for small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAVs). The material impressively achieved good functional and operating bandwidth, which was 4.1 GHz in the designated 8–13 GHz frequency range for these characteristics and applications. In the designated frequency range, the achieved return loss characteristic was almost −32 dB. This result was obtained with a very minimum thickness of MXene/BaM composites of 20 µm. This study aims to develop sustainable and efficient EMI shielding systems for reducing EMI pollution and which can be further expanded for future technologies such as solar cells, batteries, supercapacitors, e-fabrics, stealth, sUAVs, RCS reduction applications, and many more.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. C. P. Ramanarayanan, Vice Chancellor, DIAT (DU), Pune for their support. The authors wish to extend their special thanks to Dr. Amrita Nighojkar, Ms. Niranjana J P, Mr. Jigar Patadiya, Ms. Alsha Subash, Ms. Neelaambhigai Mayilswamy and Mr. Alok Kumar, for their unwavering and continuous technical support throughout the research writing. The authors are thankful to the Editor and anonymous reviewers for their valuable inputs to improve the quality of the manuscript.

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    Kailas Kantilal Sawant & Anthonisamy Arockia Bazil Raj

  2. Centre for Converging Technologies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India

    Shatakshi Saxena

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Jalna, Maharashtra, 431 203, India

    Sarang Subhashchandra Shindalkar

  4. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Anna University Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600025, India

    Radha Perumal Ramasamy

  5. Electronics Materials Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune, India

    Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian

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Sawant, K.K., Saxena, S., Shindalkar, S.S. et al. Green Synthesis of Super-Hydrophobic MXene–Hexaferrite Composite for EMI Shielding. J. Electron. Mater. 52, 8237–8249 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-023-10723-0

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