Multiscale Assembly of Grape-Like Ferroferric Oxide and Carbon Nanotubes: A Smart Absorber Prototype Varying Temperature to Tune Intensities Ming-Ming Lu Mao-Sheng Cao Yi-Hua Chen Wen-Qiang Cao Jia Liu Hong-Long Shi De-Qing Zhang Wen-Zhong Wang Jie Yuan 10.1021/acsami.5b05595.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Multiscale_Assembly_of_Grape_Like_Ferroferric_Oxide_and_Carbon_Nanotubes_A_Smart_Absorber_Prototype_Varying_Temperature_to_Tune_Intensities/2135782 Ideal electromagnetic attenuation material should not only shield the electromagnetic interference but also need strong absorption. Lightweight microwave absorber with thermal stability and high efficiency is a highly sought-after goal of researchers. Tuning microwave absorption to meet the harsh requirements of thermal environments has been a great challenge. Here, grape-like Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>-multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are synthesized, which have unique multiscale-assembled morphology, relatively uniform size, good crystallinity, high magnetization, and favorable superparamagnetism. The Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>-MWCNTs is proven to be a smart microwave-absorber prototype with tunable high intensities in double belts in the temperature range of 323–473 K and X band. Maximum absorption in two absorbing belts can be simultaneously tuned from ∼−10 to ∼−15 dB and from ∼−16 to ∼−25 dB by varying temperature, respectively. The belt for reflection loss ≤−20 dB can almost cover the X band at 323 K. The tunable microwave absorption is attributed to effective impedance matching, benefiting from abundant interfacial polarizations and increased magnetic loss resulting from the grape-like Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanocrystals. Temperature adjusts the impedance matching by changing both the dielectric and magnetic loss. The special assembly of MWCNTs and magnetic loss nanocrystals provides an effective pathway to realize excellent absorbers at elevated temperature. 2015-09-02 00:00:00 MWCNT tunable microwave absorption Smart Absorber Prototype Tuning microwave absorption Tune IntensitiesIdeal electromagnetic attenuation material dB 3O X band nanocrystal Fe impedance Lightweight microwave absorber