Electromagnetic and thermal properties of three-dimensional printed multilayered nano-carbon/poly(lactic) acid structures

Journal Article · Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945576· OSTI ID:22594560

Paddubskaya, A. ^[1]; Valynets, N.; Batrakov, K. ^[1]; Maksimenko, S. ^[1]; Kotsilkova, R.; Velichkova, H.; Petrova, I. ^[2]; Biró, I. ^[3]; Kertész, K.; Márk, G. I.; Horváth, Z. E.; Biró, L. P. ^[4]

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1. Research Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, Bobruiskaya Str. 11, 220030 Minsk (Belarus)
2. Open Laboratory on Experimental Micro and Nano Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 4, Sofia (Bulgaria)
3. 3D Wishes, Bíró u. 44/a/2, Érd (Hungary)
4. Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science, Centre for Energy Research, PO Box 49, 1525 Budapest (Hungary)

A new type of light-weight material produced by 3D printing consisting of nano-carbon doped polymer layer followed by a dielectric polymer layer is proposed. We performed temperature dependent characterization and measured the electromagnetic (EM) response of the samples in the GHz and THz range. The temperature dependent structural characteristics, crystallization, and melting were observed to be strongly affected by the presence and the number of nano-carbon doped layers in the sandwich structure. The electromagnetic measurements show a great potential of such a type of periodic material for electromagnetic compatibility applications in microwave frequency range. Sandwich structures containing only two nano-carbon layers already become not transparent to the microwaves, giving an electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency at the level of 8–15 dB. A sandwich consisting of one nano-carbon doped and one polymer layer is opaque for THz radiation, because of 80% of absorption. These studies serve as a basis for design and realization of specific optimal geometries of meta-surface type with the 3D printing technique, in order to reach a high level of electromagnetic interference shielding performance for real world EM cloaking and EM ecology applications.

• OSTI ID: 22594560
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 119, Issue 13; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ABSORPTION
CARBON
CRYSTALLIZATION
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
DOPED MATERIALS
GEOMETRY
GHZ RANGE
INTERFERENCE
LACTIC ACID
LAYERS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
NANOSTRUCTURES
POLYMERS
SCREEN PRINTING
SHIELDING
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
THZ RANGE