Thermal conductivity of diamond composites

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2467-2495

  Kidalov, Sergey V ^a   Shakhov, Fedor M ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Composite; Diamond; Heat sink; High pressures; Infiltration; Nanodiamond; Spark plasma sintering; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-BASED COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPPER; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT SINKS; INFILTRATION; NANODIAMONDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79955100925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2042467     Document Type: Review

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