J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (7): 607-614.

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Magnetic and Microwave-absorption Properties of Graphite-coated (Fe, Ni) Nanocapsules

Zhigao Xie, Dianyu Geng, Xianguo Liu, Song Ma, Zhidong Zhang   

  1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research and International Centre for Material Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2009-10-23 Revised:2010-07-06 Online:2011-07-28 Published:2011-07-26
  • Contact: Z.G. Xie
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 50831006 and the National Major Fundamental Research Program (Grant No. 2010CB934603) of China, Ministry of Science and Technology China

Abstract: The structure, magnetic and microwave-absorption properties of graphite-coated (Fe, Ni) alloy nanocapsules, synthesized by the arc-discharge method, have been studied. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy shows that the nanocapsules have a core/shell structure with (Fe, Ni) alloy as the core and graphite as the shell. All (Fe, Ni) alloy nanocapsules/paraffin composites show good microwave-absorption properties. The optimal reflection loss (RL) was found for (Fe70Ni30)/C nanocapsules/paraffin composites, being -47:84 dB at 14.6 GHz for an absorber thickness of 1.99 mm, while the RL  values exceeding -10 dB were found in the 12.4-17.4 GHz range, which almost covers the Ku band (12.4-18 GHz). For (Fe70Ni30)/C nanocapsules/paraffin
composites, RL values can exceed -10 dB in the 11.4-18 GHz range with an absorber thickness of 1.91 mm, which cover the whole Ku band.

Key words: Magnetic, Nanocapsules, Microwave absorption