It is well known that electromagnetic interference (EMI) can disrupt the operation of electronic devices, equipment and systems, as well as can affect life. With the new generation of communications, especially the 5G technology, EMI shielding becomes quite important, since, as frequency increase, so interference does. As a result, without proper shielding, our brand-new phones or other electronic equipment might not work. 5 G technology is associated with a range of millimetre wave frequencies (5-300 GHz), which means that any electromagnetic shielding activity should exhibit tunability.

The present project regards the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel rare earth elements doped metal oxide-graphene nanocomposites materials with tunable conductivity suitable for the shielding of electromagnetic radiation in the >5GHz spectral range as well as for integration in novel electronics and optoelectronics systems. The findings of the project would promote high quality science and innovation in the fields of materials science and technology as well as of wireless communications and can lead to novel, low-cost products for the protection from the electromagnetic radiation as well as electronic and optoelectronic devices with improved performance.

Therefore, the present proposal addresses a very hot and important scientific and technologic subject with huge scientific, technological, socio-economic, environmental and health issues impact.