Constructing Conductive Gratings in Polyurethane Foams for Tunable Electromagnetic Shielding <italic style="font-style: italic">via</italic> a Region-selective Silver Plating Process

Ming-Feng Yang; Jing-Rui Fu; Nan Qin; Ming Wang

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Constructing Conductive Gratings in Polyurethane Foams for Tunable Electromagnetic Shielding via a Region-selective Silver Plating Process

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- Constructing Conductive Gratings in Polyurethane Foams for Tunable Electromagnetic Shielding via a Region-selective Silver Plating Process
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 44, Issue 10, Pages: 3437-3449(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  b.State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Author bio：
  
  mwang@swu.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-026-3729-z
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- Received：25 March 2026，
  
  Accepted：25 April 2026，
  
  Online First：01 July 2026，
  
  Published：05 October 2026
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Yang, M. F.; Fu, J. R.; Qin, N.; Wang, M. Constructing conductive gratings in polyurethane foams for tunable electromagnetic shielding via a region-selective silver plating process. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 3437–3449

Ming-Feng Yang, Jing-Rui Fu, Nan Qin, et al. Constructing Conductive Gratings in Polyurethane Foams for Tunable Electromagnetic Shielding via a Region-selective Silver Plating Process[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(10): 3437-3449. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-026-3729-z.
Yang, M. F.; Fu, J. R.; Qin, N.; Wang, M. Constructing conductive gratings in polyurethane foams for tunable electromagnetic shielding via a region-selective silver plating process. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2026, 44, 3437–3449 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-026-3729-z.

Ming-Feng Yang, Jing-Rui Fu, Nan Qin, et al. Constructing Conductive Gratings in Polyurethane Foams for Tunable Electromagnetic Shielding via a Region-selective Silver Plating Process[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2026, 44(10): 3437-3449. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-026-3729-z. DOI：

摘要

Conductive gratings were constructed in polyurethane foam

via

a 3D-printed mold-assisted region-selective silver plating process to achieve nondestructive EMI shielding switches with reversible EMI SE values from 3.53 dB to 34.04 dB.

Abstract

In this study

unique conductive gratings were constructed in polyurethane (PU) foams to achieve tunable electromagnetic shielding. First

a mold enabling region-selective silver plating was fabricated through model design and 3D printing technology. Second

PU foam was placed inside the mold to create controllable exposure regions. Third

a region-selective silver plating process was achieved by exploiting this localized exposure

thereby successfully constructing conductive grating composite foams (grating-Ag/PDA@PU). The effects of the grating number

arrangement pattern

spacing

and incident angle of electromagnetic waves on the electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) were systematically investigated

revealing the structure-property relationship between shielding performance and grating geometric parameters. The results indicate that the EMI SE values of a single-layer conductive grating are positively correlated with the number of gratings. For a multilayer conductive grating

staggered parallel arrangements exhibit superior shielding performance compared to simple parallel arrangements. Appropriately increasing the spacing between gratings helps reduce mutual electromagnetic coupling

thereby enhancing the overall EMI SE values. It was also found that a nondestructive electromagnetic shielding switch could be realized simply by flipping the sample. Specifically

the EMI SE values changing from 3.53 dB to 34.04 dB can be achieved by simply flipping the foams. This study provides new insights into the design and fabrication of tunable conductive gratings for use in electromagnetic shielding switches.

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Constructing Conductive Gratings in Polyurethane Foams for Tunable Electromagnetic Shielding via a Region-selective Silver Plating Process

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