Electromagnetic shielding efficiency in Ka-band: Carbon foam versus epoxy/carbon nanotube composites

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kuzhir, Polina P ^a   Paddubskaya, Alesia G ^a   Shuba, Mikhail V ^a   Maksimenko, Sergey A ^a   Celzard, Alain ^b   Fierro, Vanessa ^b   Amaral Labat, Gisele ^b   Pizzi, Antonio ^b   Valušis, Gintaras ^c   Macutkevic, Jan ^d   Ivanov, Maksim ^d   Banys, Juras ^d   Bistarelli, Silvia ^e   Cataldo, Antonino ^e   Mastrucci, Matteo ^e   Micciulla, Federico ^e   Sacco, Immacolata ^e   Stefanutti, Eleonora ^e   Bellucci, Stefano ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR PROBLEMS   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^c CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbon foam; carbon nanotubes; composites; epoxy resin; microwaves; shielding

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; EPOXY RESINS; MICROWAVES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; PORE SIZE; SHIELDING;

CARBON FOAM; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLEXIBLE EPOXY RESIN; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTERFERENCE SHIELDING; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; SMALL CONCENTRATION;

FOAMS;

EID: 84876357296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.061715     Document Type: Article

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