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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Wide-angle broadband metamaterial absorber with carbon black-carbonyl iron/polylactic acid composites fabricated by fused filament fabrication

Fei Wang1,2 ,  Qianfeng Zhou1,2 ,  Hongsheng Liu1,2 ,  Pengfei Fang1,2 ,  Kaiyong Jiang1,2 ,  Peifeng Li3*
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1 Fujian Key Laboratory of Special Energy Manufacturing, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
2 Xiamen Key Laboratory of Digital Vision Measurement, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
3 James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
MSAM 2024, 3(3), 4158 https://doi.org/10.36922/msam.4158
Submitted: 6 July 2024 | Accepted: 26 August 2024 | Published: 27 September 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Abstract

A complex composite structure comprising periodic stepped square hole (SSH) units was designed to achieve wide-angle broadband microwave absorption. The SSH structure serves as a metamaterial absorber and was fabricated with carbon black, carbonyl iron powder, and polylactic acid composite by fused filament fabrication 3D printing. Only 50 wt% addition of loss material was required in the composite filament. Electromagnetic simulation was developed to investigate the effect of geometric parameters of the SSH structure on the microwave absorption performance, using the measured complex permittivity and permeability of the composite as the input. The geometric parameters were optimized for absorption reflection loss and bandwidth in the electromagnetic simulation. The simulation revealed that the optimal SSH structure with a height of 18 mm can achieve a –10 dB absorption bandwidth of 14.032 GHz in the frequency range of 2 – 18 GHz with a reflectivity peak (−45.74 dB) at 15.056 GHz. The optimal structure can sustain strong absorption and broadband performance with incident angles of 0 – 50° for both transverse electric polarization and transverse magnetic polarization. The simulation results were verified by reflectivity experiments on the SSH structure with optimal geometric parameters. This work provides an effective and promising approach for the practical application of strong broadband and wide-angle microwave absorption.

Keywords
Metamaterial absorber
3D printing
Stepped square hole
Wide-angle absorption
Broadband absorption
Funding
This research was supported by the Xiamen Science and Technology Plan Project (3502Z20163010), Enterprise Entrusted Project (605-54321070), Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Planning Project (2019H6016, 2019H0014), and the Fujian Province Industry-University Cooperation Plan (2023H6015).
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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