Carbon nanotubes, fillers, and FSS as potential EM absorbers

In this paper, we present the fabrication and experimental results of impedance-graded composites containing carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers, microballoons along with Frequency Selective Surface (FSS). Samples with different FSS patterns were used along with these composites and experiments were carried out to find the effect of the FSSs. It is found that both the FSS pattern and its location in the composite are critical for the reflection property of the sample.

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