Effective EMI shielding behaviour of thin graphene/PMMA nanolaminates in the THz range.

ABSTRACT: The use of graphene in a form of discontinuous flakes in polymer composites limits the full exploitation of the unique properties of graphene, thus requiring high filler loadings for achieving- for example- satisfactory electrical and mechanical properties. Herein centimetre-scale CVD graphene/polymer nanolaminates have been produced by using an iterative 'lift-off/float-on' process and have been found to outperform, for the same graphene content, state-of-the-art flake-based graphene polymer composites in terms of mechanical reinforcement and electrical properties. Most importantly these thin laminate materials show a high electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness, reaching 60 dB for a small thickness of 33 μm, and an absolute EMI shielding effectiveness close to 3·10⁵ dB cm² g^-1 which is amongst the highest values for synthetic, non-metallic materials produced to date.

SUBMITTER: Pavlou C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8329220 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature