Large-surface-area BN nanosheets and their utilization in polymeric composites with improved thermal and dielectric properties

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xuebin ^a,b   Pakdel, Amir ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Weng, Qunhong ^a   Zhai, Tianyou ^a   Zhi, Chunyi ^a,c   Golberg, Dmitri ^a   Bando, Yoshio ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BN nanosheet; Dielectric constant; Polymeric composite; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; NANOSHEETS; PERMITTIVITY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LATERAL DIMENSION; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; THERMAL AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84871219814     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-662     Document Type: Article

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