Porous materials embedded with nanoparticles, methods of fabrication and uses thereof
OwnerAleksandr Mettalinovich Tishin, Samed Veisalkara Ogly Halilovinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to porous structures embedded with nanoparticles, methods of forming the structures, and methods of using the structures. In most general form, the invention relates to porous materials embedded with nanoparticles having characteristics, such as magnetic, enabling to align or arrange the nanoparticles in the material by exposure, e.g. to a magnetic field. Therefore, a method according to the invention provides manufacturing materials having variable magnetic and electromagnetic properties which can be adapted during manufacture for various applications, such as electromagnetic wave absorbers, lens, concentrators, etc.
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A porous magnetic material capable of absorbing, disseminating, reflecting or concentrating electromagnetic radiation with frequencies in the range from 10 kHz to 100 GHz comprising:
- a) a polymer substrate made of foamed polymers having porous structure, and
- b) particles embedded in the substrate, the particles having a diameter of about 1 nanometer to 100 micron and made of a magnetic or dielectric material selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, rare-earth metals, various ferrites, such as ferrites of type MFe2O4 (where M=Mn, Ni, Cu), Ni—Zn ferrite, barium hexaferrite, iron-nickel alloys, iron-cobalt alloys, alloys based on rare-earth metals Nd—Fe—B, Sm—Co, Fe—B—Co—R (where R is a rare-earth element), or a combination thereof, wherein
- the said particles are aligned within the polymer substrate in continuous conductive lines to form a three-dimensional waveguide structure or a plurality of structures having at least one characteristic dimension selected from the width and length of the said conductive line, which is proportional to at least one wave length or wave length range of the said absorbed, disseminated, reflected or concentrated electromagnetic radiation.
A porous magnetic material capable of absorbing, disseminating, reflecting or concentrating electromagnetic radiation within frequencies in the range from 10 kHz to 100 GHz, comprising:
- (a) a porous substrate made of ceramic material having porous structure;
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- (b) particles embedded in the substrate, the particles having a diameter of about 1 nanometer to 100 micron and made of a magnetic or dielectric material selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, rare-earth metals, various ferrites, such as ferrites of type MFe2O4 (where M=Mn, Ni, Cu), Ni—Zn ferrite, barium hexaferrite, iron-nickel alloys, iron-cobalt alloys, alloys based on rare-earth metals Nd—Fe—B, Sm—Co, Fe—B—Co—R (where R is a rare-earth element), or a combination thereof;
- wherein the said particles are aligned within the porous ceramic substrate in continuous conductive lines, which form a three-dimensional waveguide structure or a plurality of structures having at least one characteristic dimension selected from the width and length of the said conductive line, which is proportional to at least one wave length or wave length range of the said absorbed, disseminated, reflected or concentrated electromagnetic radiation.
A bulk absorber for absorbing RF radiation, which comprises
- magnetic or dielectric nanoparticles having a diameter of about 1 nanometer to 100 micron of a material selected from Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, rare-earth metals, various ferrites, such as ferrites of type MFe2O4 (where M=Mn, Ni, Cu), Ni—Zn ferrite, barium hexaferrite, iron-nickel alloys, iron-cobalt alloys, alloys based on rare-earth metals Nd—Fe—B, Sm—Co, Fe—B—Co—R (where R is a rare-earth element), or a combination thereof,
- wherein the nanoparticles are dispersed within a three-dimensional porous substrate made of foamed polymer;
- the particles being embedded in the said porous body and/or in the walls of the said pores in amount of 0.2 to 15% by mass and aligned in continuous conductive lines, which form within the substrate a three-dimensional pattern or structure or a plurality of structures having at least one characteristic dimension selected from the width and length of the said conductive line, which is proportional to at least one wave length or lengths of the said RF electromagnetic radiation.
A three-dimensional composite material for use as a radio wave concentrator within the frequencies from 10 kHz to 100 GHz, the composite material comprising in combination:
- magnetic or dielectric nanoparticles having a diameter of about 1 nanometer to 100 micron of a material selected from Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, rare-earth metals, various ferrites, such as ferrites of type MFe2O4 (where M=Mn, Ni, Cu), Ni—Zn ferrite, barium hexaferrite, iron-nickel alloys, iron-cobalt alloys, alloys based on rare-earth metals Nd—Fe—B, Sm—Co, Fe—B—Co—R (where R is a rare-earth element), or a combination thereof, and
- a porous polymer open cell foam substrate, having interconnected open-pore cavities of a diameter of 10 to 100 micron, wherein the inner surface of the pores is electroconductive due to magnetic nanoparticles coating the walls of the porous polymer substrate, the amount of nanoparticulate material coated on the substrate being in the range from 2 to 25% based on weight of said substrate,
- wherein the said polymer foam is coating the surface of a magnetic coil, and the nanoparticles are aligned in continuous conductive lines, which form within the polymer substrate a three-dimensional pattern having at least one characteristic dimension selected from the width and length of the said conductive line, which is proportional to at least one wave length or lengths of the said electromagnetic radiation within the frequencies from 10 kHz to 100 GHz.
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