{"title":"Spinel-based electromagnetic wave absorbing materials: Multiscale design from crystal structure to morphology regulation","authors":"Xinglai Yuan, Hao Wu, Yuxin Ma, Wei Li, Hailong Wang, Pengpeng Liang, Gang Wang, Hongxia Li, Hongliang Xu, Rui Zhang, Bingbing Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.jmat.2026.101308","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The widespread application of electromagnetic wave technologies in telecommunications, healthcare, and defense has led to increasingly severe electromagnetic radiation pollution, driving an urgent demand for high-performance electromagnetic wave absorbing materials. Among various candidate systems, spinel-based absorbing materials stand out due to their exceptional compositional tunability, rich electromagnetic response mechanisms, and superior loss characteristics, making them a research hotspot in the field of electromagnetic functional materials. In this review, recent progress in spinel-based electromagnetic wave absorbing materials spanning from atomic-scale engineering to multiscale integration was systematically summarized. Particular emphasis is placed on entropy engineering-driven lattice distortion and defect synergistic effects, as well as on morphology engineering and heterogeneous composite strategies for constructing multiscale functional architectures and metamaterial-inspired systems. Furthermore, the fundamental structure-property relationships governing EMW attenuation are discussed, together with the current challenges and emerging opportunities in this rapidly evolving field. Finally, future research directions are also outlined to facilitate the rational design of next-generation spinel-based absorbers with enhanced efficiency and multifunctionality. This review provides a comprehensive framework for the design principles of spinel-based EMW absorbers and offers valuable insights to guide the rational development of next-generation high-performance electromagnetic functional materials.","PeriodicalId":16173,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materiomics","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Materiomics","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2026.101308","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The widespread application of electromagnetic wave technologies in telecommunications, healthcare, and defense has led to increasingly severe electromagnetic radiation pollution, driving an urgent demand for high-performance electromagnetic wave absorbing materials. Among various candidate systems, spinel-based absorbing materials stand out due to their exceptional compositional tunability, rich electromagnetic response mechanisms, and superior loss characteristics, making them a research hotspot in the field of electromagnetic functional materials. In this review, recent progress in spinel-based electromagnetic wave absorbing materials spanning from atomic-scale engineering to multiscale integration was systematically summarized. Particular emphasis is placed on entropy engineering-driven lattice distortion and defect synergistic effects, as well as on morphology engineering and heterogeneous composite strategies for constructing multiscale functional architectures and metamaterial-inspired systems. Furthermore, the fundamental structure-property relationships governing EMW attenuation are discussed, together with the current challenges and emerging opportunities in this rapidly evolving field. Finally, future research directions are also outlined to facilitate the rational design of next-generation spinel-based absorbers with enhanced efficiency and multifunctionality. This review provides a comprehensive framework for the design principles of spinel-based EMW absorbers and offers valuable insights to guide the rational development of next-generation high-performance electromagnetic functional materials.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Materiomics is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that aims to serve as a forum for the continuous dissemination of research within the field of materials science. It particularly emphasizes systematic studies on the relationships between composition, processing, structure, property, and performance of advanced materials. The journal is supported by the Chinese Ceramic Society and is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. It is commonly referred to as J Materiomics.