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In this study, the conventional oxide mixing method was used to form kaolinite-chopped strand composites. Natural kaolinite powder was calcined at 450 \u00b0C for 4 h to remove volatile and organic components before composite fabrication. Kaolinite\/chopped-strand epoxy composites were fabricated and evaluated for their microwave shielding effectiveness in the 0\u20134.4 GHz frequency range. Composites with different kaolinite-to-chopped-strand weight ratios were prepared using a controlled mixing and molding process to obtain thin specimens with a uniform thickness of 1.4 mm. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used primarily to characterize the kaolinite powder. Because composite-level mapping was not performed, the uniformity of filler dispersion is interpreted cautiously. Microwave shielding effectiveness was measured using a two-port vector network analyzer (VNA). The composite containing 80 wt.% kaolinite and 20 wt.% chopped strands showed the highest shielding performance, with a maximum total shielding effectiveness of 21.57 dB at 0.58 GHz. The observed shielding behavior is consistent with absorption-dominated attenuation supported by S-parameter-derived reflection, transmission, and absorption trends. This can arise from polarization losses and interfacial charge accumulation in heterogeneous dielectric composites. The results indicate that kaolinite\/chopped-strand epoxy composites are low cost and sustainable materials for broadband microwave shielding applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nano16191267","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,8]],"date-time":"2026-10-08T08:34:25Z","timestamp":1791448465000},"page":"1267","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Composition-Dependent Microwave Shielding Performance of Kaolinite\/Chopped-Strand Composites for Wide Frequency Range"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7322-9808","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mehriban","family":"Emek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Aviation and Space Sciences, Department of Aviation Management, Adana Alparslan T\u00fcrke\u015f Science and Technology University, Adana 01250, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcis.2022.07.047","article-title":"Construction of heterointerfaces and honeycomb-like structure for ultrabroad microwave absorption","volume":"627","author":"He","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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