{"title":"Dielectric and electromagnetic shielding behavior of CaCu3Ti4O12/CoFe2O4/silicone rubber composites","authors":"Neelam Kumari, Shivali Meena, Amena Salim, Rahul Singhal, Vishant Gahlaut, Jigar Limbachiya, Bhuwaneshwar Semwal, Ravi Hegde, Umesh Kumar Dwivedi","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01416-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01416-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With mushrooming of wireless wearable devices, demand of efficient electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding material gained much interest to obstruct the unwanted radiations. This paper reports the fabrication of CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>(CCTO)/CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(CFO)/silicone composites and investigation of their dielectric and EMI shielding characteristics. The EMI shielding effectiveness and dielectric properties of prepared composites are evaluated for different compositions of CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub> (50, 35, 25, 15 wt%) and CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (0, 15, 25, 35 wt%) in silicone matrix. The dielectric constant found maximum (~ 50) for CCS-3 composite. The CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>/CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/silicone composites (0 and 35% CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) exhibited total shielding effectiveness (SE<sub>T</sub> ~ 6 dB) corresponds to 75% shielding efficiency in X-band. By introducing magnetic filler with CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub> in silicone matrix, better EMI attenuation is remarkably achieved. The shielding mechanism displays synergistic contribution of magnetic particles, colossal dielectric particles, and insulating elastomeric matrix. This work provides an avenue for developing better electromagnetic radiation shielding material for wearable electronics, and dielectric resonators.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lithium-substituted magnesium ferrite-polyaniline nanocomposites for X-band electromagnetic interference shielding","authors":"Sumit Kumar, Neelam Singh, Suraj Kumar","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01415-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01415-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The progress of the automated industry produces undesired electromagnetic interference (EMI) that distresses the end-users and functionality of electronic devices. This article develops new composite based on a polyaniline matrix and lithium-substituted magnesium ferrite (Mg0.8Li0.2Fe2O4) nanofiller. The composite was designed to contain both electric and magnetic sources by including polarizable groups in the PANI structure and by loading this matrix with magnetic nanoparticles, respectively. Magnetic analyses indicated a saturation magnetization and coercivity of 32.5 emu gm<sup>−1</sup> and 32 Oe, respectively, for the ferrite nanoparticles which reduces to magnetization of 13.5 emu gm<sup>−1</sup> with the composite formation. These novel composites are investigated from the point of view of their EMI shielding properties, showing the high shielding effectiveness of 73 dB in X-band frequency region. The composite’s remarkable shielding qualities make it a very promising material for a variety of applications, including radar absorption and stealth technology.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defects and doping in ultra-wide band gap (Al,Ga)N and β-(Al,Ga)2O3 alloys","authors":"Filip Tuomisto","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01407-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01407-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Si is the n-type dopant of choice for GaN and β-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. However, in (Al,Ga)N and β-(Al,Ga)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> alloys, when the Al content is increased, the n-type conductivity produced by the added Si impurities is efficiently compensated. The experimentally determined critical Al fractions are about 70% for the (Al,Ga)N alloys and as low as 25% for the β-(Al,Ga)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> alloys. AlN and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> are well known to be poorly n-type dopable even with Si, but the detailed compensation mechanisms in the alloys are not necessarily the same as in the compounds. This short review discusses recent research in Si-doped (Al,Ga)N and β-(Al,Ga)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> alloys in the light of the compensation phenomena caused by Si DX center and cation vacancy formation.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurul Khusna Mohd Salleh, F. Aziz, N. Yusof, J. Jaafar, W. Salleh, A. F. Ismail
{"title":"Visible light-active copper-based antimicrobial photo catalyst with rapid killing rate of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus","authors":"Nurul Khusna Mohd Salleh, F. Aziz, N. Yusof, J. Jaafar, W. Salleh, A. F. Ismail","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01406-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01406-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141927291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viviane Yim, Anna Mukhtarov, Nathalie Drogue, Delphine Autillo, Thierry Lardin, Marc Zussy, Jérôme Dechamp, Delphine Truffier-Boutry
{"title":"TXRF capability of metallic contamination analysis on rough silicon wafers","authors":"Viviane Yim, Anna Mukhtarov, Nathalie Drogue, Delphine Autillo, Thierry Lardin, Marc Zussy, Jérôme Dechamp, Delphine Truffier-Boutry","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01401-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01401-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Total X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) is a non-destructive technique for the characterization of metallic contaminants on bare silicon wafers. TXRF is sensible to roughness leading to a diffraction phenomenon. In this study, the effects of roughness on TXRF analysis were evaluated with various rough silicon wafers produced by microelectronic processes of grinding, wet cleaning and chemical mechanical polishing. TXRF parameters rise as roughness increases, starting from 3 nm RMS (Root Mean Square) roughness. On spectra, characteristic Si (silicon wafer) and W (TXRF anode) peaks widen. Secondary peaks, sum/escape peaks appear, inducing interferences with Al, Cu, Zn and background noise increases as well. Through intentionally contaminated grinded wafers (RMS 12 nm) by spin-coating at selected concentrations, it was observed that most of the elements are quantified at 1 × 10<sup>12</sup> at/cm<sup>2</sup>. At concentrations of 1 × 10<sup>10</sup> at/cm<sup>2</sup> and 1 × 10<sup>11</sup> at/cm<sup>2</sup>, only few elements are quantified due to the elevated background noise and interferences.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dita Deme Degefa, Nebiyu Bogale Mereke, Mesfin Zewdu Biweta, Zeinu Ahmed Rabba, Mulualem Abebe Mekonnen
{"title":"Investigation of structural, electrical, dynamical, optical, and thermoelectric properties of Sr-doped Mg2Si systems using first-principles calculations","authors":"Dita Deme Degefa, Nebiyu Bogale Mereke, Mesfin Zewdu Biweta, Zeinu Ahmed Rabba, Mulualem Abebe Mekonnen","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01402-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01402-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research article explores the comprehensive characterization of Mg<sub>8</sub>Si<sub>4</sub> and Sr<sub>2</sub>Mg<sub>6</sub>Si<sub>8</sub> systems, delving into their structural, electrical, dynamical, optical, and thermoelectric properties. Employing GGA and HSE06 hybrid functional calculations alongside semiclassical Boltzmann technique calculations, the study reveals intriguing insights. Through examination of cohesive and formation energies, it is established that Sr<sub>2</sub>Mg<sub>6</sub>Si<sub>8</sub> exhibits the most stable condition. Phonon dispersion confirms the structural stability of both compounds. Mg8Si4 possesses an indirect band gap of 0.222 eV, whereas Sr<sub>2</sub>Mg<sub>6</sub>Si<sub>8</sub> showcases a direct band gap of 0.752 eV under HSE06 analysis. Notably, Sr2Mg6Si8 displays superior electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient despite low lattice thermal conductivity, resulting in a promising thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of 0.64 at 700 K. Moreover, the composition Sr2Mg6Si4 exhibits a notable Power Factor of 4 × 10<sup>12</sup> WK<sup>−2</sup> m<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> at 700 K, highlighting its potential for thermoelectric applications.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141870623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of LaB6 on the microstructure and wear resistance of In718/LaB6 composite coatings by laser cladding","authors":"Chenhui Cui, Meiping Wu, Hang Wang, Dadong Jie, Xin jin, Xiaojin Miao","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01392-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01392-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, In718/LaB<sub>6</sub> composite coatings with LaB<sub>6</sub> content of 0–8 wt% were prepared on In718 substrate by laser cladding method, and the mechanism of LaB<sub>6</sub> strengthening of In718 nickel-based high-temperature alloy was investigated by studying the phase composition, microstructure, microhardness, and wear resistance of the coatings. The results show that the addition of LaB<sub>6</sub> reduces the G/R ratio and promotes the formation of equiaxed grains. The best wear resistance was achieved at 6 wt% of LaB<sub>6</sub>, with a wear rate of 4.59 × 10<sup>−4</sup> mm<sup>3</sup>/N m. The maximum microhardness of the coating was achieved at 8 wt%, with an increase of 52.7% in the average microhardness as compared to that of the substrate. However, the excessive addition of LaB<sub>6</sub> promotes a non-uniform tissue distribution, which negatively affects the wear resistance of the coatings.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141870624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrophobicity and high-temperature mechanical behaviour of hard and optically transparent nanocomposite Al–Si–N thin films","authors":"Soni, S. K. Sharma, S. K. Mishra","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01405-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01405-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nanocomposite Al–Si–N thin films were deposited on SS 304, silicon and quartz substrates through magnetron sputtering. Silicon addition in AlN has transformed the coating structure from a single-phase coating into a nanocomposite structured film. It affected the phase formation and interband electronic transition in the Al–Si–N thin film. XPS study suggests the formation of Al–N, Si–N and composite Al–Si–N phases in the Al–Si–N film. The Urbach energy increases from 535 to 763 meV with addition of Si, for nanocomposite Al–Si–N film. No significant change in hardness and microstructure were observed up to 400 °C. The Al–Si–N film showed good hydrophobicity on both SS 304 and quartz substrates along with high hardness values. Low wettability and high strength make them a potential candidate for protective optical coatings as they are optically transparent too.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141870619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rong Deng, Lulu Ren, Dandan Su, Jingkui Yang, Jinbo Jin, Ting Lei, Kaizhou Zhang, Shuhao Qin
{"title":"Nylon 12 composite powder prepared by thermally induced phase separation for selective laser sintering","authors":"Rong Deng, Lulu Ren, Dandan Su, Jingkui Yang, Jinbo Jin, Ting Lei, Kaizhou Zhang, Shuhao Qin","doi":"10.1557/s43578-024-01398-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-024-01398-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A thermally induced phase separation method was successfully developed to prepare spherical composite nylon 12 (PA12)/Nano-silica (Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub>) powder. By comparing the performance of pure PA12 and composite PA12 powders, it was found that the introduction of Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> can improve the sphericity of the composite PA12 powder, with a median particle size of 54–70 μm. Moreover, the presence of Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> can induce the formation of more α-phase during the crystallization of PA12, and most of Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> was coated by PA12 molecular chains during the solidification crystallization process, which improved the crystallization temperature and crystallinity of the composite PA12 powder. When the amount of Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> was 0.3 wt%, the composite PA12 powder had the highest crystallinity, and the powder spreading performance was the best.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical abstract</h3><p>Mechanism diagram of the reaction between PA12 and Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub>. In this figure, it was found that Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> was treated with silane coupling agent can form siloxane, so that amino groups were grafted to the surface of Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub>. The amino groups can react with carboxyl groups in PA12 to form amide bonds, thereby improving the interfacial adhesion between nano silica and PA12 matrix and enhancing their compatibility. Meanwhile, by comparing the microstructure before and after addition, it was found that the addition of Nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> increased the sphericity of the powder, and the powder particle size increased from 55.2 to 68.71 μm.</p>\u0000","PeriodicalId":16306,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141870620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}