• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 020 (2024)
Haoyu Ma1,2,3, Maryam Fashandi2, Zeineb Ben Rejeb2, Xin Ming4..., Yingjun Liu4, Pengjian Gong1,*, Guangxian Li1 and Chul B. Park1,2,**|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, 24 Yihuan Road, Nanyiduan, Chengdu, 610065 Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King’s College Road, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8, Canada
  • 3Jiangsu JITRI Advanced Polymer Materials Research Institute, Tengfei Building, 88 Jiangmiao Road, Jiangbei New District, Nanjing, 211800 Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
  • 4MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, International Research Center for X Polymers, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01218-y Cite this Article
    Haoyu Ma, Maryam Fashandi, Zeineb Ben Rejeb, Xin Ming, Yingjun Liu, Pengjian Gong, Guangxian Li, Chul B. Park. Efficient Electromagnetic Wave Absorption and Thermal Infrared Stealth in PVTMS@MWCNT Nano-Aerogel via Abundant Nano-Sized Cavities and Attenuation Interfaces[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 020 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Pre-polymerized vinyl trimethoxy silane (PVTMS)@MWCNT nano-aerogel system was constructed via radical polymerization, sol–gel transition and supercritical CO2 drying. The fabricated organic–inorganic hybrid PVTMS@MWCNT aerogel structure shows nano-pore size (30–40 nm), high specific surface area (559 m2 g-1), high void fraction (91.7%) and enhanced mechanical property: (1) the nano-pore size is beneficial for efficiently blocking thermal conduction and thermal convection via Knudsen effect (beneficial for infrared (IR) stealth); (2) the heterogeneous interface was beneficial for IR reflection (beneficial for IR stealth) and MWCNT polarization loss (beneficial for electromagnetic wave (EMW) attenuation); (3) the high void fraction was beneficial for enhancing thermal insulation (beneficial for IR stealth) and EMW impedance match (beneficial for EMW attenuation). Guided by the above theoretical design strategy, PVTMS@MWCNT nano-aerogel shows superior EMW absorption property (cover all Ku-band) and thermal IR stealth property (ΔT reached 60.7 °C). Followed by a facial combination of the above nano-aerogel with graphene film of high electrical conductivity, an extremely high electromagnetic interference shielding material (66.5 dB, 2.06 mm thickness) with superior absorption performance of an average absorption-to-reflection (A/R) coefficient ratio of 25.4 and a low reflection bandwidth of 4.1 GHz (A/R ratio more than 10) was experimentally obtained in this work.
    Haoyu Ma, Maryam Fashandi, Zeineb Ben Rejeb, Xin Ming, Yingjun Liu, Pengjian Gong, Guangxian Li, Chul B. Park. Efficient Electromagnetic Wave Absorption and Thermal Infrared Stealth in PVTMS@MWCNT Nano-Aerogel via Abundant Nano-Sized Cavities and Attenuation Interfaces[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 020
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