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This article presents experimental measurements and theoretical calculations of the mass normalized extinction cross section (extinction efficiency) of hydrothermally synthesized copper nanofibers in the infrared spectral region (2-14) µm. The synthesized copper nanofibers have an average diameter of 40 nm, and the length of the fibers has been ultrasonically reduced to achieve the highest possible efficiency in the targeted IR spectral region. A peak extinction efficiency of ~30 M²/g is achieved with an overall efficiency greater than 10 M²/g across the remainder of the infrared window. Such high efficiency fibers make them of high interest for applications that require attenuation of electromagnetic radiation. To the best of our knowledge, this efficiency is the highest that has been reported in literature, and the synthesis procedure is simple and can be scaled-up for mass production of copper nanofibers.

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