To minimize radiation pollution at ultra‐low filler concentrations, there is a growing interest in microwave‐absorbing materials based on polymer blends composites. Herein, ethylene‐co‐methyl acrylate (EMA)/thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) blend composites were prepared by employing solution mixing utilizing conductive Vulcan XC 72 carbon black (VCB) as nanofiller. The work focused on the reduction of electrical percolation and outstanding electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance in low loading caused by the preferential distribution of carbon particles in one phase (ethylene‐co‐methyl acrylate copolymer) of the co‐continuous immiscible polymer blend. The fabricated conductive blend was further tested to ensure its superiority in physic‐mechanical and thermal stability. The morphology analysis reveals that the VCB particles are selectively localized in EMA phase of the blend which facilitates the formation of compact spatial conductive network throughout the matrix for electronic hopping. High electrical conductivity is achieved in the scale 10−2 S/cm for the prepared composites with 30 wt% of carbon black loading whereas a total EMI shielding effectiveness of −29 dB and thermal conductivity of ~0.75 W/m·K are achieved for this same filler content. This study reveals that the fabricated conductive polymer nanocomposites can be effectively utilized as promising EMI shields in the future generation of stretchable and wearable electronics.
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Flexible and electrically conductive polymer nanocomposite materials are gaining popularity as EMI shield materials. Herein, we report the successful fabrication of Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/polybutylene adipate‐co‐terephthalate (PBAT)/dodecyl amine modified multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)‐based biodegradable polymer nanocomposite films employing solvent mixing and casting technique. The FESEM analysis of the cryofractured TPU/PBAT blend (containing 50 wt% of both the polymers) is found to be perfectly co‐continuous. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analysis followed by a selective dissolution test of polymer nanocomposites revealed that MAm nanofillers are mostly confined to the PBAT phase. The electrical percolation threshold is found to be between 3 and 5 wt% of dodecyl amine modified MWCNT loading as the electrical conductivity and EMI shielding efficiency are found to be shifting from 10−4 to 0.827 S/cm and −29.4 and −36 dB respectively as the nanofiller loading is increased from 3 to 5 wt% keeping the thickness of the polymer nanocomposite films constant at 0.8 mm.
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