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Iron/silicon carbide composites with tunable high-frequency magnetic and dielectric properties for potential electromagnetic wave absorption

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High-performance microwave absorption materials are desired to solve the electromagnetic interference and pollution problems. It has been recognized that the microwave absorption properties are highly correlated to the complex permittivity, the complex permeability, and their impedance matching, which could be achieved by composing dielectric and magnetic loss materials together. Here, we synthesized the core/shell structural Fe/SiC composites with tunable Fe/SiC ratios by a heat-assisted surface adhesion process. As a result, the mostly optimized absorbers could achieve the minimum reflection loss of −51 dB at the absorber thickness of 2.01 mm and the efficient absorption bandwidth (< −10 dB) is broadened to 7.6 GHz at the K-band (18–26.5 GHz). The present work provides a cost-effective strategy for synthesizing the Fe/SiC composites for microwave absorption applications.

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Financial support was provided by Taif University Researchers Supporting Project number (TURSP-2020/135), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (MOE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Tong Gao, Jiachang Ruan, Yixing Li & Rongzhi Zhao

  2. Institute of Advanced Magnetic Materials, College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310012, China

    Tong Gao, Huawei Rong & Rongzhi Zhao

  3. Department of Physics, College of Khurma University College, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Khaled H. Mahmoud

  4. Department of Chemistry, Turabah University College, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Salah M. El-Bahy

  5. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

    Abeer A. Faheim

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

    Mina Huang

  7. Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Turabah University College, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Mohamed A. Nassan

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Gao, T., Rong, H., Mahmoud, K.H. et al. Iron/silicon carbide composites with tunable high-frequency magnetic and dielectric properties for potential electromagnetic wave absorption. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 5, 1158–1167 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-022-00507-1

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