Issue 9, 2020

Flexible silver nanowire/carbon fiber felt metacomposites with weakly negative permittivity behavior

Abstract

Recently, flexible metacomposites with negative permittivity have triggered extensive interest owing largely to their promising applications in areas such as sensors, cloaking, and wearable and flexible electronic devices. In this paper, flexible silver nanowire/carbon fiber felt (AgNW/CFF) metacomposites with weakly negative permittivity were fabricated by adjusting their composition and microstructure. Along with the formation of a conductive AgNW network, the resulting composites gradually presented metal-like behavior. Interestingly, weakly negative permittivity with a small absolute value (as low as about 6.4) and good flexibility were observed in the composites with 3.7 wt% AgNWs. The one-dimensional silver nanowires contribute to reducing the overall electron density of the resulting composites, which is responsible for the weakly negative permittivity. As the AgNWs increased, the Drude-like negative permittivity got stronger owing to the enhancement of the electron density. Further investigation from the perspective of microelectronics revealed that the negative permittivity is dependent on the inductive characteristic. The proposed design strategy for AgNW/CFF composites with tunable negative permittivity opens up a new approach to flexible metacomposites.

Graphical abstract: Flexible silver nanowire/carbon fiber felt metacomposites with weakly negative permittivity behavior

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Nov 2019
Accepted
29 Jan 2020
First published
30 Jan 2020

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 5114-5122

Flexible silver nanowire/carbon fiber felt metacomposites with weakly negative permittivity behavior

K. Sun, L. Wang, Z. Wang, X. Wu, G. Fan, Z. Wang, C. Cheng, R. Fan, M. Dong and Z. Guo, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 5114 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP06196G

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