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Previously, we have shown the advantages of an approach based on microstructural modulation of the functional phase and topology of periodically arranged elements to program wave scattering in ferromagnetic microwire composites. However, the possibility of making full use of composite intrinsic structure was not exploited. In this work, we implement the concept of material plainification by an in-built vertical interface on randomly dispersed short-cut microwire composites allowing the adjustment of electromagnetic properties to a large extent. Such interface was modified through arranging wires of different structures in two separated regions and by enlarging or reducing these regions through wire concentration variations leading to polarization differences across the interface and hence microwave tunability. When the wire concentration was equal in both regions, two well-defined transmission windows with varied amplitude and bandwidth were generated. Wire concentration fluctuations resulted in strong scattering changes ranging from broad passbands to stopbands with pronounced transmission dips, demonstrating the intimate relationship between wire content and space charge variations at the interface. Overall, this study provides a novel method to rationally exploit interfacial effects in microwire composites. Moreover, the advantages of enabling significantly tunable scattering spectra by merely 0.053 vol. % filler loading and relatively simple structure make the proposed composite plainification strategy instrumental to designing microwave filters with broadband frequency selectivity.
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