Promising Smart Materials for Radioelectronics

Abstract

The investigations of a multilayer material – a polymeric radio-transparent electrically conductive film of polyaniline with a concentration of 5, 10 and 50 % by weight on a radio-transparent fiberglass substrate were carried out. Such materials are multifunctional – the material itself has the required characteristics, but when it is exposed to external electromagnetic radiation, it provides shielding functions. Electrically conductive polymer samples (polyaniline film) deposited on a fiberglass substrate have low attenuation in the 8–12 GHz transparency band, low electromagnetic radiation reflection coefficient, high conductivity and performance characteristics, as well as manufacturability.

Keywords

• electromagnetic waves
• absorption
• reflection
• “smart” material
• conductive polymer