Upper bound to the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube pellets

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Chalopin, Yann ^a   Volz, Sebastian ^a   Mingo, Natalio ^b,c  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING PROPERTIES; HIGH-THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; PHONON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; THERMAL INSULATORS; UPPER BOUNDS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 65449175984     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3088924     Document Type: Article

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