TY - JOUR
T1 - Tunable dielectric and microwave properties of epoxy composites with cofe₂o₄ and mgfe₂o₄ spinel ferrites
AU - Araújo, Eduardo V.
AU - Campos, Raphael V.B.
AU - Silva, Marcelo A.S.
AU - Sombra, Antônio S.B.
AU - Alencar, Luciana M.R.
AU - de Menezes, Alan S.
AU - Santos-Oliveira, Ralph
AU - Gomes, Danielo G.
AU - Denardin, Juliano C.
AU - Freire, Rafael M.
AU - Fechine, Pierre B.A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2025.
PY - 2025/9
Y1 - 2025/9
N2 - In this study, we developed polymer-ceramic composites based on diglycidyl ether bisphenol A (DGEBA) epoxy resin reinforced with spinel ferrites, CoFe₂O₄ (CFO) and MgFe₂O₄ (MFO), aiming for advanced dielectric applications. The curing process was optimized using branched polyethyleneimine (BPEI) as a hardener, achieving an optimal 4:1 DGEBA: BPEI ratio at 100 °C for 1 h. Structural and morphological characterizations were performed using XRD, vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), FTIR and SEM. Dielectric properties were investigated through impedance spectroscopy in the radiofrequency range (1–10 MHz) at temperatures from 100 to 200 °C, while microwave properties were analyzed in the X-band (8.2–12.4 GHz). All analyzed samples exhibited behavior that could be described by two R-CPE circuits. The composites were also evaluated in the microwave region, specifically in the X-band, where two absorption peaks were observed at around 11 and 11.9 GHz for the MFO10, MFO20, and CFO10 samples.
AB - In this study, we developed polymer-ceramic composites based on diglycidyl ether bisphenol A (DGEBA) epoxy resin reinforced with spinel ferrites, CoFe₂O₄ (CFO) and MgFe₂O₄ (MFO), aiming for advanced dielectric applications. The curing process was optimized using branched polyethyleneimine (BPEI) as a hardener, achieving an optimal 4:1 DGEBA: BPEI ratio at 100 °C for 1 h. Structural and morphological characterizations were performed using XRD, vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), FTIR and SEM. Dielectric properties were investigated through impedance spectroscopy in the radiofrequency range (1–10 MHz) at temperatures from 100 to 200 °C, while microwave properties were analyzed in the X-band (8.2–12.4 GHz). All analyzed samples exhibited behavior that could be described by two R-CPE circuits. The composites were also evaluated in the microwave region, specifically in the X-band, where two absorption peaks were observed at around 11 and 11.9 GHz for the MFO10, MFO20, and CFO10 samples.
KW - DGEBA
KW - Microwave applications
KW - Polymer-ceramic composite
KW - Spinel ferrite
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105013648098
U2 - 10.1007/s00339-025-08857-5
DO - 10.1007/s00339-025-08857-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105013648098
SN - 0947-8396
VL - 131
JO - Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
JF - Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
IS - 9
M1 - 708
ER -