Crust removal and effective modulus of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube films

InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1070-1076

  Won, Yoonjin ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   De Villoria, Roberto Guzman ^b   Wardle, Brian L ^b   Kenny, Thomas W ^a   Goodson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; CNT; modulus; multi walled carbon nanotubes; thermal interface material

Indexed keywords

CNT; CRUST LAYER; EFFECTIVE MODULI; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; IN-PLANE MODULI; LOW MODULUS; MECHANICAL COMPLIANCE; MODULUS; MODULUS VALUES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SURFACE ETCHING; THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ETCHING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THICK FILMS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84866177811     PISSN: 19363958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2012.6231543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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