A sustainable
cold-sintering process was adopted to fabricate
composites of (1–x)SrFe12O19–xLi2MoO4, x = 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, and 0.7 with density up to 91%, and their
broad-band electromagnetic properties were deciphered. X-ray diffraction
(XRD) analysis revealed the coexistence of SrFe12O19 (SFO) and Li2MoO4 (LMO) phases in
the composites, unaccompanied by any additional phases. The evolution
of microstructure facilitating enhanced densification was observed
with an increase in the LMO volume fraction. The real permittivity
(ε′) increased with an increase in the LMO volume fraction,
while the dielectric loss (tan δε) decreased.
Further, the real permeability (μ′) of all of the composites
is greater than unity and the magnetic loss (tan δμ) is of the order of 10–2. The 0.3SFO–0.7LMO
composite with the highest densification possess ε′ =
6.7, tan δε = 2 × 10–3, μ′ = 1.14, and tan δμ = 2 × 10–2 at 900 MHz along with an appreciable
room-temperature saturation magnetization (M
s) of 32.2 emu/g. To demonstrate the application potential
of this magnetodielectric composite toward microwave antenna applications,
a ferrite resonator antenna (FRA) integrated using the SFO–LMO
composite was designed, simulated, and fabricated. The fabricated
FRA resonating at 12.89 GHz exhibited an exceptionally high return
loss of −40 dB and a wide impedance bandwidth of 510 MHz. The
remarkable properties of the fabricated ferrite resonator antenna
suggest that it is a potential candidate for Ku-band applications.