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Flexible Materials Used in the Electromagnetic Field Shielding Technique

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B2: Clean Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2022) | Viewed by 5455

Special Issue Editors

Department of Electrotechnology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Interests: thin films; magnetron sputtering; smart materials; shielding effectiveness; textiles; polymer matrix composites
Department of Electrical Engineering Fundamentals, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Interests: EMI shielding materials; dielectric materials; dielectric spectroscopy; high voltage insulation materials and systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI) should ensure conflict-free cooperation of devices and systems with the electromagnetic environment. This means that the considered facility is not very susceptible to environmental impact and at the same time has a negligible impact on the environment. This task becomes increasingly difficult in the context of the visible, progressive dependence of modern society on electronic devices and systems. They have become an integral part of complex systems, including energy systems, conditioning their proper operation. The efficiency and reliability of these systems depends primarily on the resistance of electronic systems to electromagnetic exposure, which rapidly decreases with miniaturization of systems, which has been forced by technological developments in this field. At the same time, one should not forget the need to protect people against exposure to electromagnetic fields of an ever wider frequency spectrum and ever greater power. The answer to this demand is the development of the field of shielding materials, with increasing need for their other properties, such as mechanical and optical properties.

Therefore, the purpose of this Special Issue is to create a platform to disseminate new findings on a wide range of flexible materials that also have electromagnetic wave damping properties.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • textile-based shields;
  • nanoparticle-based shields;
  • foam shielding materials;
  • polymer shielding materials;
  • graphene-based shielding materials;
  • optical transparent shielding materials;
  • thin layer-based shielding materials;
  • nanowire/nanofiber-based shielding materials;
  • methods of measuring the effectiveness of shielding;
  • methods of producing shielding materials.

Prof. Dr. Jan Ziaja
Prof. Dr. Maciej Jaroszewski
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • shielding effectiveness
  • magnetron sputtering
  • textiles
  • multilayer textiles
  • textile-polymeric shields
  • microwave absorption
  • nanofibers
  • carbon nanotubes
  • foams
  • electrical properties

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Recent Progress in Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Performance of Porous Polymer Nanocomposites—A Review
by Avinash R. Pai, Nizam Puthiyaveettil Azeez, Binumol Thankan, Nandakumar Gopakumar, Maciej Jaroszewski, Claudio Paoloni, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas
Energies 2022, 15(11), 3901; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15113901 - 25 May 2022
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The urge to develop high-speed data transfer technologies for futuristic electronic and communication devices has led to more incidents of serious electromagnetic interference and pollution. Over the past decade, there has been burgeoning research interests to design and fabricate high-performance porous EM shields [...] Read more.
The urge to develop high-speed data transfer technologies for futuristic electronic and communication devices has led to more incidents of serious electromagnetic interference and pollution. Over the past decade, there has been burgeoning research interests to design and fabricate high-performance porous EM shields to tackle this undesired phenomenon. Polymer nanocomposite foams and aerogels offer robust, flexible and lightweight architectures with tunable microwave absorption properties and are foreseen as potential candidates to mitigate electromagnetic pollution. This review covers various strategies adopted to fabricate 3D porous nanocomposites using conductive nanoinclusions with suitable polymer matrices, such as elastomers, thermoplastics, bioplastics, conducting polymers, polyurethanes, polyimides and nanocellulose. Special emphasis has been placed on novel 2D materials such as MXenes, that are envisaged to be the future of microwave-absorbing materials for next-generation electronic devices. Strategies to achieve an ultra-low percolation threshold using environmentally benign and facile processing techniques have been discussed in detail. Full article
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