Probing the engineered sandwich network of vertically aligned carbon nanotube-reduced graphene oxide composites for high performance electromagnetic interference shielding applications

Herein, we developed a strategy for fabrication of iron oxide infiltrated vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT forest) sandwiched with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets network for high performance electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding application which offers a new avenue in this area. Such engineered sandwiched network exhibits enhanced shielding effectiveness compared to conventional EMI shielding materials. This network of exotic carbons demonstrates the shielding effectiveness value more than 37 dB (>99.98% attenuation) in Ku-band (12.4-18 GHz), which is greater than the recommended limit (similar to 30 dB) for techno-commercial applications. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.