MOF-Derived Ni1-xCox@Carbon with Tunable Nano-Microstructure as Lightweight and Highly Efficient Electromagnetic Wave Absorber

Intrinsic electric-magnetic property and special nano-micro architecture of functional materials have a significant effect on its electromagnetic wave energy conversion,especially in the microwave absorption(MA) field.Herein,porous Ni1-xCox@Carbon composites derived from metal-organic framework(MOF)were successfully synthesized via solvothermal reaction and subsequent annealing treatments.Benefiting from the coordination,carbonized bimetallic Ni-Co-MOF maintained its initial skeleton and transformed into magnetic-carbon composites with tunable nano-micro structure.During the thermal decomposition,generated magnetic particles/clusters acted as a catalyst to promote the carbon sp^2 arrangement,forming special core-shell architecture.Therefore,pure Ni@C microspheres displayed strong MA behaviors than other Ni1-xCox@Carbon composites.Surprisingly,magnetic-dielectric Ni@C composites possessed the strongest reflection loss value-59.5 dB and the effective absorption frequency covered as wide as 4.7 GHz.Meanwhile,the MA capacity also can be boosted by adjusting the absorber content from 25% to 40%.Magnetic-dielectric synergy effect of MOF-derived Ni1-xCox@Carbon microspheres was confirmed by the off-axis electron holography technology making a thorough inquiry in the MA mechanism.

Electromagnetic and microwave absorbing properties of FeCoB powder composites

The electromagnetic and microwave absorbing properties of FeCoB powder composites prepared by sin- gle-roller melt-spinning and mechanical milling processes were investigated in this paper. The result indicates that the flake-like powders are obtained. As milling time increases, the flake-like powder particles tend to agglomerate, causing the flake-like powders decrease gradually. The milling time plays an important role in the electromagnetic parameters which relates to the shape and size of the powder particles. The calculation shows that the sample milled for 6 h could achieve an optimal reflection loss of -11.5 dB at 5.8 GHz, with mass fraction of 83 % and a matching thickness of 1.8 mm. The result also indicates that the microwave absorbing properties of the FeCoB powder composites are adjustable by changing their thickness, and can be applied as a thinner microwave absorbing material in the range of 2-8 GHz.

Synthesis and Microwave Electromagnetic Properties of M-type Hexagonal FerriteBaTiCoFe_(10)O_(19)

An M-type hexagonal ferrite BaTiCoFe10 O19 was prepared by solid phase reaction by a partial 2Fe3+→Ti4+ Co2+ substitution. The morphology observation and phase identification of BaTiCoFe10O19 were carried out by SEM and XRD, and its X-ray powder diffraction data was reported in this paper for the first time. Further, the microwave electromagnetic properties of BaTiCoFe10O19 were measured and discussed.

Preparation and Microwave Absorbing Properties of Double-layer Fine Iron Tailings Cementitious Materials

To develop the microwave absorbing(MA)properties of cementitious material mixed with mine solid waste,the iron tailings cementitious microwave absorbing materials were prepared.The iron tailings was treated into different particle sizes by planetary ball mill,and the physicochemical properties of iron tailings were tested by laser particle size analyzer and scanning electron microscope(SEM).The electromagnetic parameters of iron tailings cementitious materials were characterized by a vector network analyzer and simulated MA properties,and the MA properties of iron tailings-cement composite system with steel fiber as absorber was studied.Based on the design of the single-layer structure,optimum mix ratio and thickness configuration method of double-layer structure were further studied,meanwhile,the mechanical properties and engineering application were analyzed and discussed.The results show that the particle size of iron tailings can afiect its electromagnetic behavior in cementitious materials,and the smaller particles lead the increase of demagnetisation efiect induced by domain wall motion and achieve better microwave absorbing properties in cementitious materials.When the thickness of matching layer and absorbing layer is 5 mm,the optimized microwave absorbing properties of C1/C3 double-layer cementitious material can obtain optimal RL value of-27.61 dB and efiective absorbing bandwidth of 0.97 GHz,which attributes to the synergistic efiect of impedance matching and attenuation characteristics.The double-layer microwave absorbing materials obtain excellent absorbing properties and show great design flexibility and diversity,which can be used as a suitable candidate for the preparation of favorable microwave absorbing cementitious materials.

The study of electroless Ni-W-P alloy plating on glass fibers

Ni-W-P coatings were deposited on the surface of glass fibers by the electroless plating process. The bath was very stable through the palladium salt test. There was no phenomenon of peeling and blistering on the surface of the Ni-W-P alloy glass fibers in the thermal shock test. It showed that the deposit had high impact strength and good adhesion. The morphology of the coatings was observed by scanning electron microscope （SEM）. The elements and their contents were tested and analyzed by energy dispersion spectrometer （EDS）. The tungsten content reached up to 12.1 wt.%. The effects of the concentrations of NiSO4, Na2WO4, and NaH2PO2.H20 on the conductivity of the coatings were studied. The resistivity of the Ni-W-P alloy glass fibers reached 7.39 × 10^-3 Ωcm. The alloy coatings on glass fibers were analyzed by XRD. The results indicated that the deposit had an amorphous structure and good heat stability. The suitable work temperature range was lower than 190℃. Finally, the electromagnetic parameters of the Ni-W-P alloy glass fibers were tested and analyzed primarily. The magnetic loss reached 0.04023 and the dielectric loss reached -5.80239. The plated alloy is a kind of soft magnetic material.

Microwave Permeability Change of FeCo Nanocrystalline During High Energy Ball Milling

The microwave magnetic properties of the ball milled FeCo panicles were investigated as functions of ball milling time （ t ） using microwave electromagnetic parameters analysis techniques. The results show that the imaginary part of intrinsic dynamic permeability （ ui ） of the ball- milled panicles is much bigger than that of raw powders. ui strongly depends on t and exhibits several slightly damped ferromagnetic resonances. These phenomena are in qualitative agreement with the formation of the corresponding microstructure or the Aharoni ＇ s model of non-uniform exchange resonance modes. The present microwave permeabilhy behavior indicates that nanocrystalline materials with the same grain size may exhibit different properties that depend upon the microstructure, which provides a possibility for manufacturing high performance microwave absorber.

Effect of Surface Modification on Microwave Absorbing Properties of Magnetic Metal Fibers

In order to avoid forming an electrical conductive network due to surface connections, the magnetic metal fibers were coated with SiO2, for surface modification by the sol-gel process. The microstructure, composition and electromagnetic characteristics of SiO2-coated and uncoated metal fibers were studied using SEM, EDAX, and a voter network analyzer. The reflectivity was simulated using the RAMCAD software. The electromagnetic parameters and absorption properties of SiO2-coated metal fibers were improved greatly due to optimal impendence matching and the electric conductivity decreased, compared to those of uncoated materials.

Effect of Grinding Techniques on Absorbing Characteristics of Short Iron Fibers

Microwave-absorbing properties of iron fibers can be adjusted by their aspect ratio. This paper presents several modification techniques for grinding long iron fibers to a suitable aspect ratio. The grinding instruments include pulsator, jet mill and muller. The aspect ratio distribution, microstructure, electromagnetic parameter and reflectivity of the samples were analyzed and discussed in detail. The results show that the fractions of 5〈aspect ratio〈40 for the three methods are 69.03%, 81.11% and 80.2% , respectively, that is, suitable short iron fibers can be obtained by the jet mill and muller. Furthermore, the short iron fibers milled by jet mill and muller have better absorbing propterties than those obtained by the pulsator under the same condition. Therefore, their microwave absorption properties can be improved by regulating the electromagnetic parameters with grinding.

Electromagnetism and Absorptivity of the Modified Micro-coiled Chiral Carbon Fibers

Micro-coiled chiral carbon fibers are modified by nano-Ni. X-ray diffraction （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） are used to compare the composition and morphology of the unmodified and the modified fibers. The results show that electromagnetism parameters of the modified are different from those of the unmodified. After modification by nano-Ni, the micro-coiled chiral carbon fibers have decreased permittivity and electrical loss. The permeability and magnetic loss of the modified carbon fibers become larger than those of the unmodified ones. Moreover, the modification of unmodified chiral carbon fibers into the modified is much like changing hollow electric windings into those with magnetic cores inside. The modifier intensifies the cross polarization of the chiral carbon fibers and makes the permittivity and the permeability get closer to each other which improves the matching performance and enhances absorbability of coatings. In the range of 6-18 GHz, the reflectivity of the coating is 6-8dB and the bandwidth is 12 GHz. The area density of the coating is below 3 kg/m^2.

The microwave scattering characteristics of sea ice in the Bohai Sea

Microwave remote sensing has become the primary means for sea-ice research, and has been supported by a great deal of field experiments and theoretical studies regarding sea-ice microwave scattering. However, these studies have been barely carried in the Bohai Sea. The sea-ice microwave scattering mechanism was first developed for the thin sea ice with slight roughness in the Bohai Sea in the winter of 2012, and included the backscattering coefficients which were measured on the different conditions of three bands（L, C and X）, two polarizations（HH and VV）, and incident angles of 20° to 60°, using a ground-based scatterometer and the synchronous physical parameters of the sea-ice temperature, density, thickness, salinity, and so on. The theoretical model of the sea-ice electromagnetic scattering is obtained based on these physical parameters. The research regarding the sea-ice microwave scattering mechanism is carried out through two means, which includes the comparison between the field microwave scattering data and the simulation results of the theoretical model, as well as the feature analysis of the four components of the sea-ice electromagnetic scattering. It is revealed that the sea-ice microwave scattering data and the theoretical simulation results vary in the same trend with the incident angles. Also, there is a visible variant in the sensitivity of every component to the different bands.For example, the C and X bands are sensitive to the top surface, the X band is sensitive to the scatterers, and the L and C bands are sensitive to the bottom surface, and so on. It is suggested that the features of the sea-ice surfaces and scatterers can be retrieved by the further research in the future. This experiment can provide an experimental and theoretical foundation for research regarding the sea-ice microwave scattering characteristics in the Bohai Sea.

Electromagnetic wave absorbing properties of TMCs(TM=Ti,Zr,Hf,Nb and Ta)and high entropy(Ti0.2Zr0.2Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)C

Electromagnetic wave(EMW)absorbing materials play a vital role in modern communication and information processing technologies to inhibit information leakage and prevent possible damages to environment and human bodies.Currently,most of EMW absorbing materials are either composites of two or more phases or in the form of nanosheets,nanowires or nanofibers in order to enhance the EMW absorption performance through dielectric loss,magnetic loss and dielectric/magnetic loss coupling.However,the combination of complex shapes/multi phases and nanosizes may compound the difficulties of materials processing,composition and interfaces control as well as performance maintenance during service.Thus,searching for single phase materials with good stability and superior EMW absorbing properties is appealing.To achieve this goal,the EMW absorbing properties of transition metal carbides TMCs(TM=Ti,Zr,Hf,Nb and Ta)and high entropy(Ti_(0.2)Zr_(0.2)Hf_(0.2)Nb_(0.2)Ta_(0.2))C which belong to ultrahigh temperature ceramics,were investigated in this work.Due to the good electrical conductivity and splitting of d orbitals into lower energy t2glevel and higher energy eglevel in TMC6octahedral arrangement,TMCs(TM=Ti,Zr,Hf,Nb and Ta)exhibit good EMW absorbing properties.Especially,Hf C and Ta C exhibit superior EMW absorbing properties.The minimum reflection loss(RLmin)value of Hf C is-55.8 d B at 6.0 GHz with the thickness of 3.8 mm and the effective absorption bandwidth(E_(AB))is 6.0 GHz from 12.0 to 18.0 GHz at thickness of 1.9 mm;the RL_(minvalue)of Ta C reaches-41.1 d B at 16.2 GHz with a thickness of 2.0 mm and the EABis 6.1 GHz with a thickness of 2.2 mm.Intriguingly,the electromagnetic parameters,i.e.,complex permittivity and permeability are tunable by forming single phase solid solution or high entropy(Ti_(0.2)Zr_(0.2)Hf_(0.2)Nb_(0.2)Ta_(0.2))C.The R_(Lminvalue)of high entropy(Ti_(0.2)Zr_(0.2)Hf_(0.2)Nb_(0.2)Ta_(0.2))C is-38.5 d B at 9.5 GHz with the thickness of 1.9 mm,and the EABis 2.3 GHz(from 11.3 to 13.6 GHz)at thickness of 1.5 mm.The significance of this work is that it opens a new window to design single phase high performance EMW absorbing materials by dielectric/magnetic loss coupling through tuning the conductivity and crystal field splitting energy of d orbitals of transition metals in carbides,nitrides and possibly borides.

Electromagnetic and microwave absorption properties of Er-Ho-Fe alloys

The ErxHo（2-x）Fe（17）（x = 0.0, 0.1,0.2, 0.3, 0.4） powders were prepared by arc melting and high energy ball milling method. The influence of the Er substitution on phase structure, morphology, saturation magnetization,electromagnetic parameters was investigated by X-ray diffraction（XRD）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, vibrating sample magnetometer（VSM） and vector network analyzer（VNA）,respectively. The results show that the saturation magnetization increases and the average particle size increases with the increase of Er content. The minimum absorption peak frequency shifts towards a lower frequency region with the increase of Er content. The ErxHo2-xFe17 powder can achieve the minimum RL of-24.07 dB at 6.96 GHz with a thickness of 2.0 mm and the minimum RL is less than-20 dB at the thickness range from 2.0 to 3.0 mm. The minimum RL of ErxHo2-xFe17 is-37.26 dB at5.68 GHz and the frequency bandwidth of R〈-10 dB reaches about 1.2 GHz with a thickness of 2.4 mm.And the microwave absorbing properties of the composite with different weight ratios of Er0.3Ho1.7Fe17/graphene were researched. The microwave absorbing peaks of the composite shift to lower frequency with the increase of graphene content. The values of the minimum RL of ErxHo2-xFe17/graphene are close to-10 dB with absorbing coating thicknesses increased.

Effect of cerium on structure,magnetism and magnetostriction of Fe_(81)Ga_(19) alloy

FeGa alloy is a new kind of magnetostrictive material, and rare-earth cerium can improve its magnetostrictive property.（Fe（81）Ga（19））（100-x）Cex（x = 0, 0.3 at%, 0.7 at%, 1 at%） samples were prepared by doping cerium in Fe（81）Ga（19） alloy. Their microstructures and phases were studied, and valence electronic structures were investigated. Electromagnetic parameters, such as coercivity, saturation magnetization,remnant magnetization and saturation magnetostrictive coefficients（λs） of every sample were measured.Cerium atoms are distributed at grain boundaries, and the Ce-doped alloys remain the A2 structure of FeGa alloy. When x is 0.7, the value of saturation magnetism is 217.08 emu/g, which is the maximum in the Ce-doped samples. The equivalent half length of single bond is the maximum also, and reaches to0.11380 nm. At the same time, the number of covalent electrons is 3.5672, and is the minimum of the Cedoped samples. Its As is the largest in the four samples. The change of As results in the change of equivalent half length of single bond in Ce-doped alloy.

Influence of A-site doping barium on structure,magnetic and microwave absorption properties of LaFeO_(3)ceramics powders

In this paper,the effect of Ba^(2+)ions A-site doping LaFeO_(3)on structure,magnetic properties and microwave absorption properties was investigated by the sol-gel method.According to the TEM and FullProf refinement results,the structure of LaFeO_(3)changes from orthogonal(SG:Pnma)to cubic(SG:Pm-3 m)when the Ba doping amount is x=0.4.The SEM image shows that the particles size tends to decrease with the increase of Ba content.The production of weak ferromagnetism indicates that Ba doping has a significant effect on the magnetic properties of LaFeO_(3).The Neel temperature(TN)decreases significantly with the increase of Ba doping amount.An appropriate amount of Ba doping can effectively increase the dielectric and magnetic loss of LaFeO_(3)ceramics powders.The increase permittivity(ε’andε″)may be attributed to the hopping of the electrons between the Fe^(3+)and Fe^(4+)ions with the Ba^(2+)ions doping.The minimum reflection loss(RL_(min))of La_(0.9)Ba_(0.1)FeO_(3)at 6.72 GHz reaches-30.04 dB,its effective bandwidth(RL≤-10 dB)is 2.1 GHz,and the matching thickness is only 3.2 mm.These results indicate that Ba doping can effectively control the microwave absorption properties of LaFeO_(3),especially in the Cband.

Structure and magnetic properties of Fe-based powders prepared by mechanical alloying

FeSiAlCr alloy powders were prepared by mechanical alloying, the milling time were 20 h, 40 h, 60 h and 80 h, respectively. Powders morphology was studied by SEM. Microstructure of powders milled for various times were analyzed by XRD. The complex permittivity and complex permeability of four powders were tested in the frequency range from 0.5 to 18 GHz, and their microwave absorption properties were analyzed. It was found that the particle size of powders milled for 80 h was less than 2 μm. Silicon and aluminum atoms were dissolved into the crystal lattice of iron, and chromium atoms can form alloy with iron atoms. The minimum peak value of reflectivity can reach to -11.3 dB at the frequency of 4.3 GHz for 80 h milling powders, and the other one was ？6 dB at 16.5 GHz.

Effects of cobalt substitution on structure and microwave absorption properties of PrNi_5 alloy

The polycrystalline samples PrNi5_xCox （x=0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4） were synthesized by arc smelting and high energy ball milling method. The phase structure, morphology, saturation magnetization and electromagnetic parameters of the alloy powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, vibrating sample magnetomctry （VSM） and vector network analyzer （VNA）, respectively. The results revealed that the lattice parameter a and c and unit-cell volume V increased with the increasing amount of Co substitution. The saturation magnetization increased as Co content increased. The minimum absorp- tion peak frequency shifted towards lower frequency region with the increasing amount of Co substitution. And the minimum reflec- tion loss of the PrNi5 xCox powders increased first and then decreased with the increasing amount of Co substitution. The PrNisCox alloys possessed the excellent microwave absorbing properties. The minimum reflection loss of the PrNi4.gCo0,1 alloy all could reach 20.0 all3 with the coating thickness ranging from 1.8 to 3 ram. The minimum reflection loss of PrNi4.gCoo.l powders was -36.20 d13 at 7.76 GHz, and the frequency bandwidth ofR〈10 dB reached about 1.50 GHz with the best matching condition d=2.0 ram.