J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2024, Vol. 186: 256-271.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2024.01.008

Special Issue: Electronic materials 2024 Electromagnetic interference shielding materials

• Review Article • Previous Articles    

Recent progress in smart electromagnetic interference shielding materials

Xin Houa, Xue-Rong Fenga, Ke Jianga, Yu-Chen Zhenga, Jiang-Tao Liua, Ming Wanga,b,*   

  1. aChongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Manufacturing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
    bJieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Rongjiang Laboratory), Jieyang 515200, China
  • Received:2023-12-11 Revised:2024-01-12 Accepted:2024-01-16 Published:2024-07-01 Online:2024-01-25
  • Contact: *E-mail address: mwang@swu.edu.cn (M. Wang).

Abstract: With the rapid advancement of the intelligent era, intelligent electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding devices are receiving more and more attention due to their advantages in environmental self-adaption response. Accordingly, appropriate EMI shielding materials are crucial to blocking harmful electromagnetic radiation and passing serviceable electromagnetic waves. Smart EMI shielding materials that can dynamically adjust their EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) in response to specific application requirements and environmental changes are extremely advantageous in both military and civil areas. To date, materials with adjustable EMI SE for various responses have been developed. This review pays special attention to smart materials with tunable EMI SE. The design strategies, mechanism and recent progress of smart EMI shielding materials are discussed together with different stimuli responses, including compression strain, tensile strain, chemical reagent, shape memory, phase transition and crossover angle change-induced responses. The review ends up to discuss challenges and perspectives for smart EMI shielding materials.

Key words: Electromagnetic interference shielding, Smart materials, Stimuli response, Electromagnetic adaption