Meta-sandwich Composites for Stealth (Additive Manufacturing, 2024)

Journal information: Lim, D. D., Lee, J., Park, J., Lee, J., Noh, D., Park, S., … & Choi, W. (2024). Multifunctional seamless meta-sandwich composite as lightweight, load-bearing, and broadband-electromagnetic-wave-absorbing structure. Additive Manufacturing, 95, 104515. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221486042400561X

Highlights

• Multifunctional lightweight seamless meta-sandwich composite (MMSC) is devised.
• Broadband electromagnetic wave absorption is achieved with load-bearing capability.
• Single-step multi-material 3D printing manufactures MMSC using octet-truss core.
• Optimized upper-lower faceplatetes as transmitting-reflecting layers thin the MMSC.
• High absorption rate-low broadband reflection loss is obtained in target bandwidth.