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Evolution of dielectric loss-dominated electromagnetic patterns in magnetic absorbers for enhanced microwave absorption performances

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As the growing criterion of electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption materials, micro/nano-scale magnetic materials are drawing more and more attention for their unique features compared to bulky absorbers. Generally, the complex permeability of micro/nano-scale magnetic absorbers varies in a relatively narrow range, whatever for the storage of magnetic energy or the dissipation of magnetic energy. If so, how the small variation of permeability affects the ultimate performances is still unclear. Here, a strategy of electromagnetic parameters regulation for the magnetic materials is applied to understand the loss contribution in micro/nanoscale magnetic absorbers. After analyzing the evolution of electromagnetic maps of ten ferrosoferric oxide samples, it can be found that the dissipation contribution of permeability for magnetic materials is weaker than that of permittivity, in spite of its significant role in determining the impedance matching characteristics. In summary, this work systematically explores the loss contribution in micro/nano-magnetic absorbers for the first time, which is of great importance in designing and optimizing the microwave absorption properties of magnetic absorbers.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51402154), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20180091), the Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of NUIST, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology.

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    Xiaogu Huang, Man Qiao, Yabin Ma, Bo Kang & Bin Quan

  2. College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Xiaochi Lu

  3. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Yafei Li

  4. College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211100, China

    Guangbin Ji

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Huang, X., Qiao, M., Lu, X. et al. Evolution of dielectric loss-dominated electromagnetic patterns in magnetic absorbers for enhanced microwave absorption performances. Nano Res. 14, 4006–4013 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3327-x

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