Polymers, Nanocomposites and Ionic Liquids for Electrical Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 July 2021) | Viewed by 2923
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polymer blends; conducting materials; nanocomposites; epoxy resins; material characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing development of telecommunications and electronic devices such as cell phones, smart phones, etc. has produced an unique and invisible form of pollution in the environment known as electromagnetic radiation. These radiations affect the operation of other electronic equipments and may affect the health of the population. Thus, the development of materials capable of shielding artifacts against electromagnetic interference has been of paramount importance.
In this context, polymeric composites containing additives able to shield the devices against electromagnetic interference present the advantage of low density, excellent electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) and other important requirements such as, design facilities, processability, flexibility and the possibility of being loaded with different fillers.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials also display important military application on stealth technology since they can act as radar absorbing materials (RAM). Different additives can be compounded with polymeric matrices to achieve good EMI shielding effectiveness. Some of them include carbonaceous materials, conducting polymers, ferrites and also ionic liquids.
Considering the great importance of this theme, the aim of this Special Issue is to present a selection of research papers and reviews emphasizing different materials, processing techniques, new design and structures to produce polymeric composites and nanocomposites for application as EMI shielding and also Radar absorbing materials.
Prof. Dr. Bluma Guenther Soares
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanocomposites
- polymers
- EMI shielding
- conducting composites
- radar absorbing materials
- microwave absorption
