Eur. Phys. J. B (2015) 88: 262
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2015-60528-0

Regular Article

Flexible barrier materials for protection against electromagnetic fields and their characterization^*

Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

^a e-mail: maciej.jaroszewski@pwr.edu.pl

Received: 30 June 2015
Received in final form: 1 September 2015
Published online: 14 October 2015

Abstract

Composite materials for electromagnetic shielding can be manufactured as textiles using conductive yarns and textiles with conductivity obtained by various finishing processes on textile surfaces. The EM shielding effectiveness of fabrics are improved by lowering its conductivity using different methods and materials. An alternative is the usage of new light shielding materials in the form of metallized nonwoven fabrics or textiles. Their advantages are: a general availability on the market, a low price, good mechanical properties (strength, elasticity) and resistance to the environmental conditions. The composite anisotropic materials with a sandwich structure constituting of materials with different spatial orientations of fibers allow one to achieve relatively high and constant values of the shielding effectiveness which, together with the materials’ mechanical properties, leads to a wide range of applicability in various disciplines of modern technology. This article is devoted to innovative flexible materials shielding electromagnetic field. The results of the PEM shielding effectiveness obtained for the polypropylene (PP) nonwoven fabrics metallized by pulsed magnetron sputtering are presented.