Nickel electrodeposited textiles as wearable radar invisible fabrics

Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma Dijith; Remadevi Aiswarya; Choondapurakkel Valsan Sruthi; Saju Pillai; Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.88, 196-206, August, 2020

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2020.04.013 Export Citation

Nickel electrodeposited textiles as wearable radar invisible fabrics

Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma Dijith^{1, 2}, Remadevi Aiswarya^{1, 2}, Choondapurakkel Valsan Sruthi¹, Saju Pillai^{1, 2}, and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran^{1, 2, †}

¹Materials Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, India
²Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India

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This work outlines the efforts to qualify a few wearable fabrics electrodeposited with nickel, as efficient absorbents of microwaves in X band. Here two samples of fabrics - a natural fiber based linen and an artificial fiber based nylon fabrics were chosen for electrodeposition. The surface activation of the fabric was carried out through sputtering of platinum, followed by electrodeposition of nickel using Watts bath solution. Interestingly, the two step process has transformed the fabric from an electromagnetic (EM) transparent material to an excellent electromagnetic interference (EMI) attenuator, retaining its flexibility and breathability. Microstructural analysis of electrodeposited fabrics showed much thicker and broader Ni deposits for linen than nylon fabric due to the availability of more bundle of fibers. Further, the abundance of lint in linen provide more surface to deposit Ni, which helps in achieving better shielding values. Metallic and ferromagnetic characteristics of the Ni deposited fabric structures were investigated. Exceptional EMI shielding efficiency of 45-52 dB is achieved for Ni deposited linen, which means 99.999% of attenuation is attained. The outcome of this research can lead to the development of lightweight, wearable and flexible ‘radar invisible fabrics’, which has wide range of applicability in defense and healthcare sectors.

Keywords:Electrodeposition;Textile shield;Radar invisible;Microwave shielding

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[4] Dhineshbabu NR, Behera SS, Bose S, ChemistrySelect, 3, 6087 (2018)

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[6] Moazzenchi B, Montazer M, Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 571, 110 (2019)

[7] Wang R, Yang H, Wang J, Li F, Polym. Test, 38, 53 (2014)

[8] Dijith KS, Aiswarya R, Praveen M, Pillai S, Surendran KP, Mater. Chem. Front., 2(10), 1829 (2018)

[9] Ghosh S, Ganguly S, Remanan S, Das NC, Compos. Sci. Technol., 181, 107682 (2019)

[10] Eddib AA, Chung DDL, Carbon, 117, 427 (2017)

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[12] Zhao S, Zhang HB, Luo JQ, Wang QW, Xu B, Hong S, Yu ZZ, ACS Nano, 12(11), 11193 (2018)

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[19] Tan YJ, Li J, Gao Y, Li J, Guo SY, Wang M, Appl. Surf. Sci., 458, 236 (2018)

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[36] Zhan Y, Oliviero M, Wang J, Sorrentino A, Buonocore GG, Sorrentino L, Lavorgna M, Xia H, Iannace S, Nanoscale, 11(3), 1011 (2019)

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