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Effects of conductive polymer composite layering on EMI shielding during additive manufacturing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2019

Eugene Zakar ,
Theodore Anthony  and
Madan Dubey
Eugene Zakar*
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Theodore Anthony
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Madan Dubey
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
*
*(Email: eugene.s.zakar.civ@mail.mil)
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Abstract:

Spin coating and drop casting are viable methods for rapid and low-cost additive manufacturing of components for flexible devices and sensors. We investigated the cumulative effects of layering a conductive polymer composite 2 wt% MWCNT filler in PEDOT:PSS on a Mylar substrate for application to electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. The optical transmittace of spin coated composite layers is 90%, 45%, and 20% with a thickness of 0.05 µm, 0.15 µm, and 0.45 µm respectively. Drop cast composite layers have 0% transmittance due to their much greater starting thickness of 4.4 µm. The addition of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) to the solution mixture and substrate heating to 40 °C improves the conductivity, and drying time of the cured composite layers to 10 min. This study shows that the cumulative effects of composite layering are additive, but the electrical properties do not scale the same way. A significant increase in the EMI SE is mainly attributed to the enhanced electrical conductivity of the composite. The insertion of a 50 µm gap in between two 15 µm composite layers accentuates the EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) significantly to a peak of 21 dB within a narrow frequency range in the Ku-band tested.

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additive manufacturingelectronic materialcomposite
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MRS Advances , Volume 4 , Issue 38-39: Quantum and Nanomaterials , 2019 , pp. 2153 - 2159
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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