Journal
SYNTHETIC METALS
Volume 157, Issue 24, Pages 1054-1063Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2007.11.001
Keywords
polypyrrole; thin films; electromagnetic interference shielding; permittivity; free space method
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The dielectric behaviour of in-situ polymerized thin polypyrrole (PPy) films on synthetic textile substrates were obtained in the 1-18 GHz region using free space transmission and reflection methods. The PPy/para-toluene-2-sulphonic acid (pTSA), coated fabrics exhibited an absorption dominated total shielding effectiveness (SE) of up to -7.34dB, which corresponds to more than 80% of incident radiation. The permittivity response is significantly influenced by the changes in ambient conditions, sample size and diffraction around the sample. Mathematical diffraction removal, time-gating tools and high gain horns were utilized to improve the permittivity response. A narrow time-gate of 0.15 ns produced accurate response for frequencies above 6.7 GHz and the high gain horns further improved the response in the 7.5-18 GHz range. Errors between calculated and measured values of reflection were most commonly within 2%, indicating good accuracy of the method. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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