Spontaneous Orientation Polarization of Anisotropic Equivalent Dipoles Harnessed by Entropy Engineering for Ultra-Thin Electromagnetic Wave Absorber

Honghan Wang; Xinyu Xiao; Shangru Zhai; Chuang Xue; Guangping Zheng; Deqing Zhang; Renchao Che; Junye Cheng

doi:10.1007/s40820-024-01507-0

Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 17, Issue 1, 019(2025)

Spontaneous Orientation Polarization of Anisotropic Equivalent Dipoles Harnessed by Entropy Engineering for Ultra-Thin Electromagnetic Wave Absorber

Honghan Wang^1、†, Xinyu Xiao^1、†, Shangru Zhai^1、*, Chuang Xue^2、**, Guangping Zheng³, Deqing Zhang⁴, Renchao Che^5、***, and Junye Cheng^6、****

Author Affiliations

¹Liaoning Key Lab of Lignocellulose Chemistry and BioMaterials, Liaoning Collaborative Innovation Center for Lignocellulosic Biorefinery, School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, People’s Republic of China

²School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China

³Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China

⁴School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, People’s Republic of China

⁵Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, People’s Republic of China

⁶Department of Materials Science, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen 517182, People’s Republic of China

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jun. 18, 2024

Accepted: Aug. 10, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 12, 2025

The Author Email: Zhai Shangru (zhaisrchem@163.com), Xue Chuang (xue.1@dlut.edu.cn), Che Renchao (rcche@fudan.edu.cn), Cheng Junye (chengjunye@smbu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1007/s40820-024-01507-0

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