Yadav, AkshitaTripathi, Krishna C.Baskey, Himangshu B.Alegaonkar, Prashant S.2024-01-212024-08-132024-01-212024-08-132022-01-28254058410.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.125766https://kr.cup.edu.in/handle/32116/3699Erasing signature of an object from an enemy's radar is, tactically, disruptive move achieved by the effective electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. We report on the microwave scattering (2�18 GHz) behaviour of the nano-composite for architecting efficient shield composed of carbon black (CB), molybdenum di sulphide (MoS2) and cobalt (Co). Nano-composite, prepared by a facile, solid state synthesis route, are characterized using infrared, x-ray diffractometry, UV�visible, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopic techniques including scanning electron microscopy. In infrared and Rayleigh analysis, formation of -C-Mo-C, O[dbnd]S[dbnd]O, Mo�O, and Co�O phases generated asymmetric polarization at low % CB content that gets transformed into a symmetric mode due to formation of Co�O and Co�S�C radicals at high CB % to cause maximum power losses. Possible polarization mechanism is discussed. In constitutive analysis, two-fold increase in the dielectric function, the dual behaviour (Debye and Jonscher) of the ac conductivity, and the synergistic magneto-dielectric coupling factor influenced the scattering performance of the composite. Broadly, at 18% composition, the shielding effectiveness is recorded to be > 97@14 GHz with 7.7 GHz of the bandwidth and the thickness ?2.5 mm. The Dallenbach return loss is almost 75% revealing a high-performance shield design @18% CB/MoS2/Co nano-composite. � 2022 Elsevier B.V.en-USConstitutive parametersInfrared spectroscopyMicrowave spectroscopyNano-compositesShielding efficiencyArticlehttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0254058422000724