Heat conduction in carbon nanotube materials: Strong effect of intrinsic thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Volkov, Alexey N ^a   Zhigilei, Leonid V ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; BUCKYPAPER; CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; CNT FILMS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONTACT CONDUCTANCE; FINITE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; MATERIAL DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FILMS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84864443202     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4737903     Document Type: Article

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