PMID- 31547358 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231014 IS - 2073-4360 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4360 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 9 DP - 2019 Sep 12 TI - Highly Bendable and Durable Waterproof Paper for Ultra-High Electromagnetic Interference Shielding. LID - 10.3390/polym11091486 [doi] LID - 1486 AB - An efficient electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding paper with excellent water repellency and mechanical flexibility has been developed, by assembling silver nanowires (AgNWs) and hydrophobic inorganic ceramic on the cellulose paper, via a facile dip-coating preparation. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations confirmed that AgNWs were interconnected and densely coated on both sides of the cellulose fiber, which endows the as-prepared paper with high conductivity (33.69 S/cm in-plane direction) at a low AgNW area density of 0.13 mg/cm(2). Owing to multiple reflections and scattering between the two outer highly conductive surfaces, the obtained composite presented a high EMI shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) of up to 46 dB against the X band, and ultrahigh specific EMI SE of 271.2 dB mm(-1). Moreover, the prepared hydrophobic AgNW/cellulose (H-AgNW/cellulose) composite paper could also maintain high EMI SE and extraordinary waterproofness (water contact angle > 140 degrees ) by suffering dozens of bending tests or one thousand peeling tests. Overall, such a multifunctional paper might have practical applications in packaging conductive components and can be used as EMI shielding elements in advanced application areas, even under harsh conditions. FAU - Ren, Fang AU - Ren F AD - The Faculty of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China. FAU - Guo, Han AU - Guo H AD - The Faculty of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China. FAU - Guo, Zheng-Zheng AU - Guo ZZ AD - The Faculty of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China. FAU - Jin, Yan-Ling AU - Jin YL AD - The Faculty of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China. FAU - Duan, Hong-Ji AU - Duan HJ AD - Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Functional Nanocomposites, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China. FAU - Ren, Peng-Gang AU - Ren PG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2924-2110 AD - The Faculty of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China. rengpg@126.com. AD - Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Functional Nanocomposites, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China. rengpg@126.com. FAU - Yan, Ding-Xiang AU - Yan DX AD - College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China. yandingxiang@scu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190912 PL - Switzerland TA - Polymers (Basel) JT - Polymers JID - 101545357 PMC - PMC6780577 OTO - NOTNLM OT - EMI shielding OT - cellulose paper OT - flexibility OT - silver nanowire OT - waterproofness COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/09/25 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/25 06:01 PMCR- 2019/09/12 CRDT- 2019/09/25 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/09/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/09/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/09/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/25 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - polym11091486 [pii] AID - polymers-11-01486 [pii] AID - 10.3390/polym11091486 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Polymers (Basel). 2019 Sep 12;11(9):1486. doi: 10.3390/polym11091486.