Thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotube/PMMA nanocomposites

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1096-1099

  Guthy, Csaba ^a   Du, Fangming ^a   Brand, Stijn ^a   Winey, Karen I ^a   Fischer, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation method; Comparative method; Heat transfer; Nielsen model; SWNT PMMA nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COAGULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPARATIVE METHOD; NIELSEN MODEL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; COAGULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 35348876621     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2737484     Document Type: Article

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