{"id":155592,"date":"2023-01-16T18:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T00:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/blocking-radio-waves-and-electromagnetic-interference-with-the-flip-of-a-switch"},"modified":"2023-01-16T18:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T00:23:25","slug":"blocking-radio-waves-and-electromagnetic-interference-with-the-flip-of-a-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/blocking-radio-waves-and-electromagnetic-interference-with-the-flip-of-a-switch","title":{"rendered":"Blocking radio waves and electromagnetic interference with the flip of a switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1BXYVxycjo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers in Drexel University\u2019s College of Engineering have developed a thin film device, fabricated by spray coating, that can block electromagnetic radiation with the flip of a switch. The breakthrough, enabled by versatile two-dimensional materials called MXenes, could adjust the performance of electronic devices, strengthen wireless connections and secure mobile communications against intrusion.<\/p>\n<p>The team, led by Yury Gogotsi, Ph.D., Distinguished University and Bach professor in Drexel\u2019s College of Engineering, previously demonstrated that the two-dimensional layered MXene materials, discovered just over a decade ago, when combined with an <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/electrolyte+solution\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electrolyte solution<\/a>, can be turned into a potent active shield against <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/electromagnetic+waves\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electromagnetic waves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This latest MXene discovery, reported in <i>Nature Nanotechnology<\/i>, shows how this shielding can be tuned when a small voltage\u2014less than that produced by an alkaline battery\u2014is applied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers in Drexel University\u2019s College of Engineering have developed a thin film device, fabricated by spray coating, that can block electromagnetic radiation with the flip of a switch. The breakthrough, enabled by versatile two-dimensional materials called MXenes, could adjust the performance of electronic devices, strengthen wireless connections and secure mobile communications against intrusion. The team, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}