A Lightweight, Elastic, and Thermally Insulating Stealth Foam With High Infrared-Radar Compatibility

Weihua Gu; Samuel Jun Hoong Ong; Yuhong Shen; Wenyi Guo; Yiting Fang; Guangbin Ji; Zhichuan J. Xu

doi:10.1002/advs.202204165

A Lightweight, Elastic, and Thermally Insulating Stealth Foam With High Infrared-Radar Compatibility

Weihua Gu, Samuel Jun Hoong Ong, Yuhong Shen, Wenyi Guo, Yiting Fang, Guangbin Ji^*, Zhichuan J. Xu^*

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Abstract

The development of infrared-radar compatible materials/devices is challenging because the requirements of material properties between infrared and radar stealth are contradictory. Herein, a composite of poly(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) coated melamine foam is designed to integrate the advantages of the dual materials and the created heterogeneous interface between them. The as-designed PEDOT:PSS@melamine composite shows excellent mechanical properties, outstanding thermal insulation, and improved thermal infrared stealth performance. The relevant superb radar stealth performance including the minimum reflection loss value of −57.57 dB, the optimum ultra-wide bandwidth of 10.52 GHz, and the simulation of radar cross section reduction value of 17.68 dB m², can be achieved. The optimal specific electromagnetic wave absorption performance can reach up as high as 3263.02 dB·cm³ g⁻¹. The average electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness value can be 30.80 dB. This study provides an approach for the design of high-performance stealth materials with infrared-radar compatibility.

Original language	English
Article number	2204165
Journal	Advanced Science
Volume	9
Issue number	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202204165
Publication status	Published - Dec 19 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
General Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding
infrared-radar compatibility
microwave absorption
radar cross section
thermal insulation

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