面向民用电磁污染防护和军用作战装备性能提升等领域应用需求，课题组依托磁电协同设计思路，研制兼具薄、轻、宽、强特点的磁电复合微波吸波材料，攻克单一组分吸波材料损耗机制单一、性能受限的固有短板。围绕磁性 / 介电双组分复合工艺，系统优化核壳复合、异质掺杂等制备方案，建立异质界面精准调控方法，借助界面耦合协同提升电磁波损耗能力。研究引入数据驱动研发思路，搭建 “微观形貌 - 电磁参数 - 吸波性能” 关联理论模型；结合高分辨电镜、原位电磁测试等先进表征手段，从原子结构层面阐明吸波微观损耗机理。依托基础理论研究成果，进一步延伸至微波吸收器件的工程化开发，将优化后的磁电复合吸波填料与高分子基体、无机基体复合，研发柔性吸波薄膜、耐高温结构型吸波板材、低频专用吸波涂层、模块化微波暗室吸波器件等系列产品，建立从分子结构设计、粉体可控制备到成型器件量产的全流程性能调控指导策略，设计制备出一系列具有“薄”、“轻”、“宽”、“强”的磁电复合类微波吸收材料，相关研究成果为隐身防护、电磁干扰抑制等场景的高性能吸波材料国产化落地提供关键理论支撑与工程技术参考。

近年代表作:

1、Man Li, Xiao Li*, Jieyan Zhang, Haowei Zhou, Zhenfa Yu, Chao Li, Moustafa Adel Darwish, Tao Zhou, Shi-Kuan Sun, Di Zhou*, Cavity-modulated visualization of dual magnetic coupling behavior for multifunctional Co/DMAOP composites, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 501, 157694.

2、Haowei Zhou, Xiao Li*, Zhaochen Xi, Man Li, Jieyan Zhang, Chao Li, Zhongming Liu, Moustafa Adel Darwish, Tao Zhou, Di Zhou*,Machine learning-driven interface engineering for enhanced microwave absorption in MXene films, Materials Today Physics, 2025, 51, 101640.

3、Xiao Li, Diming Xu, Di Zhou*, Shengzhao Pang, Chao Du, Moustafa Adel Darwish, Tao Zhou, Shi-Kuan Sun, Vertically stacked heterostructures of MXene/rGO films with enhanced gradient impedance for high-performance microwave absorption, Carbon, 2023, 208, 374-383.

4、Jing Li*, Lingling He, Weimin Xia, Chao Du, Li He, Xiao Li, Caiyin You, Di Zhou*, Constructing heterogeneous interfaces of Ti3C2Tx MXene magnetic nanocomposites for efficient low-frequency microwave absorption performance, Carbon, 2025, 245, 120786.

5、Yu Wang, Xiao Li*, Haowei Zhou, Zilin Huang, Moustafa Adel Darwish, M.M. Salem, Tao Zhou, Murat Yilmaz, Azim Uddin, Di Zhou* Fe3O4-CNFs@MXene with Encapsulated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Tunable High-Performance Microwave Absorption via Dual Electromagnetic Wave Loss Pathways, Materials Today Physics, 2026, 62, 102043.