Electrically and thermally conducting nanocomposites for electronic applications

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1478-1496

  Jones Jr , Wayne E ^a   Chiguma, Jasper ^a   Johnson, Edwin ^a   Pachamuthu, Ashok ^b   Santos, Daryl ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Nanocomposites; Nanotubes; Percolation threshold; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING NANOCOMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

BLENDING; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; FILLERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84855331285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3021478     Document Type: Review

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