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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2005.15.2.067

Fabrication of Lightweight Microwave Absorbers with Co-coated Hollow Silica Microspheres  

Kim, Sun-Tae (Department of Materials Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Sung-Soo (Department of Materials Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Ahn, Jun-Mo (Agency for Defense Development)
Kim, Keun-Hong (Agency for Defense Development)
Abstract
For th aim of lightweight microwave absorbers, conductive and magnetic microspheres are fabricated by plating of Co films on hollow ceramic microspheres of low density. Metal plating was carried out in a two-step electroless plating process (pre-treatment of activation and plating). Uniform coating of the film with about $2{\~}3{\cal}um$ thickness was identified by SEM. High-frequency magnetic and microwave absorbing properties were determined in the rubber composites containing the Co-coated microspheres. Due to conductive and ferromagnetic behavior of the Co thin films, high dielectric constant and magnetic loss can be obtained in the microwave frequencies. Due to those electromagnetic properties, high absorption rate (25 dB) and thin matching thickness ($2.0{\~}2.5{\cal}mm$) are predicted in the composite layers containing the metal-coated microspheres of low density (about 0.84 g/cc) for the electromagnetic radiation in microwave frequencies.
Keywords
microwave absorbers; cobalt coating; hollow silica microspheres; electroless plating; complex permeability;
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