Room-temperature growth of Ni-Zn-Cu ferrite/PTFE composite thick films on PET via aerosol deposition

Ni-Zn-Cu ferrite and Ni-Zn-Cu ferrite/poly-tetra-fluoro-ethylene (PTFE) composite-thick-films were grown at room temperature on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheets via aerosol deposition (AD) as a magnetic shielding sheet for near-field communication. An 80 µm-thick Ni-Zn-Cu ferrite/PTFE composite-thick-film was grown on the PET sheet when 2.0 wt. % PTFE starting powder was used. The real relative permeability µ r ′ and the imaginary permeability µ r ″ of the Ni-Zn-Cu ferrite thick film were 10.1 and 2.1 at 13.56 MHz, respectively. In the case of the composite thick film, µ r ′ and µ r ″ decreased to 3.9 and 1.3, respectively, at 13.56 MHz; with the addition of the PTFE.