Ingenious
microstructure design and a suitable multicomponent strategy
are still challenging for advanced electromagnetic wave absorbing
(EMA) materials with strong absorption and a broad effective absorption
bandwidth (EAB) at thin sample thickness and low filling level. Herein,
a three-dimensional (3D) dielectric Ti3C2T
x
MXene/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) aerogel
anchored with magnetic Ni nanochains was constructed via a directional-freezing method followed by the hydrazine vapor reduction
process. The oriented cell structure and heterogeneous dielectric/magnetic
interfaces benefit the superior absorption performance by forming
perfect impedance matching, multiple polarizations, and electric/magnetic-coupling
effects. Interestingly, the prepared ultralight Ni/MXene/RGO (NiMR-H)
aerogel (6.45 mg cm–3) delivers the best EMA performance
in reported MXene-based absorbing materials up to now, with a minimal
reflection loss (RLmin
) of −75.2
dB (99.999 996% wave absorption) and a broadest EAB of 7.3
GHz. Furthermore, the excellent structural robustness and mechanical
properties, as well as the high hydrophobicity and heat insulation
performance (close to air), guarantee the stable and durable EMA application
of the NiMR-H aerogel to resist deformation, water or humid environments,
and high-temperature attacks.
High-conductive Ti3C2Tx MXene-based electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials have shown great application potential to face the increasingly serious electromagnetic radiation threat, but which are limited by their single loss mechanism....
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode crosstalk induced by atmospheric turbulence is a challenging phenomenon commonly occurring in OAM-based free-space optical (FSO) communication. Recent advances have facilitated new practicable methods using abruptly autofocusing light beams for weakening the turbulence effect on the FSO link. In this work, we show that a circular phase-locked Airy vortex beam array (AVBA) with sufficient elements has the inherent ability to form an abruptly autofocusing light beam carrying OAM, and its focusing properties can be controlled on demand by adjusting the topological charge values and locations of these vortices embedded in the array elements. The performance of a tailored Airy vortex beam array (TAVBA) through atmospheric turbulence is numerically studied. In a comparison with the ring Airy vortex beam (RAVB), the results indicate that TAVBA can be a superior light source for effectively reducing the intermodal crosstalk and vortex splitting, thus leading to improvement in the FSO system performance.
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