Lanthanum and Neodymium Doped Barium Ferrite-TiO(2)/MCNTs/poly(3-methyl thiophene) Composites with Nest Structures: Preparation, Characterization and Electromagnetic Microwave Absorption Properties

We report herein the synthesis of a novel nest structured electromagnetic composite through in-situ chemical polymerization of 3-methyl thiophene (3MT) in the presence of the BaFe(11.92)(LaNd)(0.04)O(19)-TiO(2) (BFTO) nanoparticles and MCNTs. As an absorbing material, the BFTO/MCNTs/P3MT/wax composites were prepared at various loadings of BFTO/MCNTs/P3MT (0.2:0.10:1.0 ~ 0.2:0.30:1.0), and they exhibited strong microwave absorption properties in the range of 1.0–18 GHz. When the loading of BFTO/MCNTs/P3MT is 0.2:0.30:1.0, the composite has a strongest absorbing peak at 11.04 GHz, and achieves a maximum absorbing value of −21.56 dB. The absorbing peak position moves to higher frequencies with the increase of MCNTs content. The mechanism for microwave absorption of these composites has been explained in detail.