Fabrication and effective thermal conductivity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforced Cu matrix composites for heat sink applications

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Chu, Ke ^a   Wu, Qingying ^a   Jia, Chengchang ^a   Liang, Xuebing ^a   Nie, Junhui ^a   Tian, Wenhuai ^a   Gai, Guosheng ^b   Guo, Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Metal matrix composites; B. Thermal properties; E. Powder processing; E. Sintering

Indexed keywords

CLEANING EFFECT; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPOSITING; CU MATRIX COMPOSITES; DENSE COMPOSITES; E. SINTERING; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT SINK APPLICATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; INTERFACE THERMAL RESISTANCE; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; PHASE CONTRASTS; POWDER MIXTURES; POWDER PROCESSING; THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIAL; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COPPER POWDER; HEAT SINKS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHASE INTERFACES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER; DISPERSION; FABRICATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOTUBE; POROSITY; SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 72949092896     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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