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Study of Magnesium Ferrite/Polystyrene Composites for Microwave Absorption Applications

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High-performance microwave-absorbing composites have attracted considerable attention in the field of electronic technology and telecommunications. These materials utilize stoichiometric combinations of components to enhance the magnetic parameters and reduce dielectric losses. In this work, microwave emulsion was used to synthesize magnetic nanocomposites with different concentrations of MgFe2O4 nanoparticles in polystyrene (PST). Samples of pure ferrite and PST were mixed in various amounts to form a ferrite polymer (FP-1, FP-2, FP-3, and FP-4, with 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% ferrite, respectively). These composites were characterized using x-ray diffraction (XRD), dielectric characteristics, and vibrating-sample magnetometry (VSM). The XRD results showed that MgFe2O4 particles were evenly dispersed throughout single-phase PST. The crystallite size increased from 2 nm to 44 nm by mixing ferrites in PST. The dielectric properties were reduced as the percentage was decreased. The VSM tests indicated that all nanocomposites showed narrow loops and ferromagnetic behavior. The magnetic parameters decreased by adding the PST in magnesium ferrite components. The saturation magnetization decreased from 70 emu/g to 18 emu/g, remanence magnetization decreased from 21 emu/g to 5 emu/g, and coercivity decreased from 38 Oe to 8 Oe. All the above parameter results suggest that due to the high dielectric loss at high frequencies, magnesium spinel ferrites may be suitable for microwave absorption applications.

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Acknowledgments

The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2024R132), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A.M.A. Henaish thanks the the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ural Federal University Program of Development within the Priority-2030 Program) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, 11671, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Meznah M. Alanazi

  2. Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54950, Pakistan

    Mahmood Ali

  3. Department of AI Software Engineering, Gachon University, 1342, Seongnam-daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, 13120, Korea

    Ikram Syed

  4. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt

    A. M. A. Henaish

  5. NANOTECH Center, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620002

    A. M. A. Henaish

  6. School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, Republic of Korea

    Zubair Ahmad

  7. Department of Physics, Government Graduate College, Taunsa Sharif, 32100, Pakistan

    Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Farid

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Alanazi, M.M., Ali, M., Syed, I. et al. Study of Magnesium Ferrite/Polystyrene Composites for Microwave Absorption Applications. J. Electron. Mater. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11058-0

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