Determination of the Effective Permittivity of Quartz Nanocomposites with Fullerene Inclusions

Abstract

The method of reducing the permittivity of radiotransparent materials based on silicon ceramics by implantation of lattices of fullerene inclusions into their structures is investigated. A solution to the problem of determining the effective values of the permittivity and permeability of a nanocomposite material with spherical fullerene inclusions is presented. The suggested approach of producing new nanocomposites makes it possible to maintain the other technical parameters of the ceramic structure like i.e. mechanical strength, erosion resistance, absence of ablation for the temperatures of 1400°C and higher. It is demonstrated that the application of inclusions in the form of fullerenes permits to decrease the value of the effective permittivity of the nanocomposites by 10-17%.