A Study of Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Properties of Carbon Nanotubes-Based Composites at Microwave Frequencies

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the absorption properties of electromagnetic (EM) wave, both electric and magnetic, absorption properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based composites by using a resonant microwave cavity as a probe. The unusual properties of CNTs present new opportunities for creating new hybrid and multifunctional composite materials. However, these materials have largely been unexplored for their EM wave absorption properties. The objective of this research is a better understanding of the fabrications and characterizations of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)-based composites with a better understanding of the EM wave absorption properties of these materials to determine the feasibility of their application to electromagnetic shielding of satellites, pacemakers and radar target reduction.

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Authors

  • Jim Roberts

    The University of North Texas

  • Guang-Lin Zhao

    Southern Univerity Baton Rouge

  • Zhou Ye

    Southern University Baton Rouge

  • Sacha Kopp

    Texas Lutheran, Texas Lutheran University, Bastrop ISD, Lego Education, LEGO Education, South Texas Chapter, Health Physics Society, Waxahachie Early College High School, Navarro College, and Texas A\&M Commerce, PTRA/AAPT, National Instruments, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University - Commerce, University of Dallas, Austin Community College, Angelo State University, K-12 Science Consultant Birdville ISD, Energy Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Southern Univertisy Baton Rouge, Univ. of Arkansas, Univ. of Central Florida, JQI, NIST and Univ. of Maryland, UT Austin, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Lockheed Martin, NASA, South Plains College, LBNL-ALS, Berkeley, Denison U., Granville, U. of Nevada, Reno, Justus-Liebig-Universitat, Giessen, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Physics, Institute for Applied Physics, University of Muenster