Electrical permittivity of Ni and NiZn ferrite-polymer composites

Electrical properties of polymers, well known for their insulating properties, may be improved by adding various functional fillers. Polymer-ferrite composites have been a subject of recent extensive research. Electric properties of such composites depend on the size, shape and amount of added filler in general. When polymer-ferrite composites are particularly used as electromagnetic wave absorbers and EMI shielding materials, it is very important to explain the variation of permeability and permittivity in the measured frequency ranges. In this paper, acrylic-Ni ferrite composites and acrylic-NiZn ferrite composites were used. The effects of the weight fraction of ferrite on the frequency dispersion characteristics of the complex permittivity are studied. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.