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Abstract
In this study, flexible elastomers are developed as microwave absorbers for industrial and defence applications by incorporating strontium ferrite (SrFe12O19) and titanium carbide (TiC) into a thermoset polyurethane (PU) matrix. These samples are characterized for their morphological, structural, and thermal properties employing FE-SEM, FTIR, XRD, and TGA analysis, respectively. The hardness, tensile test, and tear resistance of elastomers are used to determine the mechanical properties. These elastomers are characterized for their microwave absorption properties in X-band frequency region. It exhibits a minimum reflection loss (RL) of − 28.14 dB in the X-band with a bandwidth of 3.5 GHz. The synergistic interaction between magnetic-dielectric phases improves the impedance matching within the thermoset polyurethane elastomer. SrFe12O19-TiC/PU elastomer exhibits excellent thermal, mechanical, and electromagnetic absorption properties, making them ideal for use in microwave absorption applications, including industrial such as anechoic chambers and defence purposes.
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The Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics is an established refereed companion to the Journal of Materials Science. It publishes papers on materials and their applications in modern electronics, covering the ground between fundamental science, such as semiconductor physics, and work concerned specifically with applications. It explores the growth and preparation of new materials, as well as their processing, fabrication, bonding and encapsulation, together with the reliability, failure analysis, quality assurance and characterization related to the whole range of applications in electronics. The Journal presents papers in newly developing fields such as low dimensional structures and devices, optoelectronics including III-V compounds, glasses and linear/non-linear crystal materials and lasers, high Tc superconductors, conducting polymers, thick film materials and new contact technologies, as well as the established electronics device and circuit materials.