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Microwave/terahertz dielectric properties of high-Q willemite ceramics: Dual control through non-stoichiometric design and Ge4+substitution
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Yutian Lu, Weijia Guo*, Chongyang Zhang, Bowen Yin, Hui Zhang, Zhenxing Yue**
Journal of Materiomics | 2026, 12(2) : 101118
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Journal of Materiomics | 2026, 12(2): 101118
Microwave/terahertz dielectric properties of high-Q willemite ceramics: Dual control through non-stoichiometric design and Ge4+substitution
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Yutian Lu, Weijia Guo*, Chongyang Zhang, Bowen Yin, Hui Zhang, Zhenxing Yue**
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  • State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Published: 2026-03-20 doi: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101118
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The advancement of communication technologies demands dielectric materials with superior performance characteristics, particularly low permittivity and minimal dielectric loss. This study investigates Ge4+-substituted willemite ceramics, including Zn2Si1-xGexO4 (ZS-xGe, x=0 and 0.1) and Zn1.8Si1-yGeyO3.8 (ZS-yGe, y=0 to 0.3), synthesized via the conventional solid-state method. The non-stoichiometric design effectively suppresses the formation of ZnO. The intrinsic and extrinsic losses of the ZS-xGe ceramics are separated by a systematic comparative analysis of the dielectric losses in the terahertz band, and the extrinsic losses are fitted by the Drude term in the Lorentz-Drude dielectric response model. Consequently, ZS-yGe ceramics exhibit lower εr and significantly improved Q×f values across microwave to terahertz band. In ZnO-free ceramics, Ge4+ substitution enhances the ionic polarizability, the unit cell volume and the bond strain, increasing εr and Q×f values (decreasing intrinsic losses), and decreasing τf. The optimized Zn1.8Si0.9Ge0.1O3.8 ceramics demonstrate superior dielectric properties with εr = 6.66, Q×f = 225,500 GHz and τf = -60.0 × 10-6-1 at 12.45 GHz, and εr = 7.02, Q×f = 401,800 GHz at 1 THz. These novel ceramics are positioned as promising candidates for next-generation microwave and terahertz communication devices.

Microwave dielectric property  /  Terahertz spectroscopy  /  Willemite  /  Low dielectric loss  /  Secondary phase
Yutian Lu, Weijia Guo, Chongyang Zhang, Bowen Yin, Hui Zhang, Zhenxing Yue. Microwave/terahertz dielectric properties of high-Q willemite ceramics: Dual control through non-stoichiometric design and Ge4+substitution[J]. Journal of Materiomics, 2026 , 12 (2) : 101118 - . DOI: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101118
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(51872160; U23A6014)
  • Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program of Tsinghua University(2023SM245)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of China Postdoctoral Science Fund(GZC20240782)
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doi: 10.1016/j.jmat.2025.101118
  • Receive Date:2025-06-12
  • Online Date:2026-08-13
  • Published:2026-03-20
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  • Received:2025-06-12
  • Revised:2025-07-22
  • Accepted:2025-07-30
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(51872160; U23A6014)
Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program of Tsinghua University(2023SM245)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of China Postdoctoral Science Fund(GZC20240782)
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    State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

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红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
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