Mechanism of Enhanced Dielectric Properties of SiC/Ni Nanocomposites

Dielectric properties of SiC/Ni nanocomposites prepared by a simple and facile electroless plating approach at X band are investigated. Compared to the original SiC nanopartieles （SiCp）, the real part of the permittivity, ε＇, and the dielectric loss tangent tang δe of SiC/Ni nanocomposites are clearly enhanced by about 31% and 33%, respectively. The effective equations for complex permittivity of SiC/Ni nanoeomposites are proposed. We also calculate ε＇ and tan δe of SiC/Ni nanoeomposites and the calculated results are well consistent with the measured data.     

Deposition Behavior and Mechanism of Ni Nanoparticles on Surface of SiC Particles in Solution Systems

Ni-deposited SiC particles are prepared successfully by a facile chemical reaction approach. The structure and morphology analyses demonstrate the Ni nanoparticles have been deposited on the surface of SiC particles. The deposition behavior of Ni on the surface of SiC particles is investigated. Pd-Sn catalytic nuclei formed in the pretreatment process promote the redox reaction and lead to the reduction of Ni^2＋ to metal nickel. Moreover, the kinetic mechanism of the reaction process of Ni%2＋ and H2PO^-2 has also been discussed in detail. Kinetic models have been established.     

Microwave Absorption and Response Modeling of Nanocomposites Embedded SiC Nanoparticles

We study the mechanism of microwave response properties of SiCv/paraffin nanocomposites and propose a mi- crowave absorption model of nanocomposites based on the conservation law of energy and the theory of electro- magnetic scattering. Using the model we calculate the reflectivity of SiCp/paraffin nanocomposites ranging from 2 GHz to 18 GHz. The calculated results are very consistent with the experimental data in the frequency range investigated.     

Orientation-dependent electromagnetic properties of basalt fibre/nickel core--shell heterostructures

The influence of orientation on electromagnetic properties of basalt fibre/nickel core--shell heterostructures prepared by a simple electroless plating method is investigated. For comparison, the same investigation is also performed on naked basalt fibres. For electromagnetic measurement, the directions of basalt fibre/nickel and naked basalt fibres are parallel, random and perpendicular to the direction of external electric field, termed E_\vert\vert sample, random sample and E_⊥ sample, respectively. Electromagnetic anisotropy can be clearly observed in the basalt fibre/nickel core--shell heterostructures, while electromagnetic properties of naked basalt fibres are unrelated to the orientation. The E_⊥ basalt fibre/nickel shows the highest dielectric loss but the lowest magnetic loss, and E_|| basalt fibre/nickel exhibits the highest magnetic loss but the lowest dielectric loss. The dielectric loss of E_⊥ basalt fibre/nickel is several times as large as that of E_|| basalt fibre/nickel, which could be attributed to the increase of polarization relaxation time as a consequence of the nanosize-confinement effect. The magnetic loss of E_|| basalt fibre/nickel is even one order of magnitude higher than that of E_⊥ basalt fibre/nickel, which originates mainly from the natural magnetic resonance of basalt fibre/nickel core--shell heterostructures.