Multifunctional carbon nanotube-epoxy composites for thermal energy management

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-95

  Kaul, Pankaj B ^a   Bifano, Michael F P ^a   Prakash, Vikas ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

multiwalled carbon nanotube epoxy composites; Thermal interface materials; three omega thermal conductivity measurements

Indexed keywords

CAPPING LAYER; CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; DOMINATING FACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOAD-BEARING; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; MULTI-WALLED; NANOTUBE-EPOXY COMPOSITES; POST ANNEALING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS; THERMAL INTERFACES; THERMAL MODEL; THIN TIN; TIN THIN FILMS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MULTILAYERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; TIN;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84872111318     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998312453750     Document Type: Article

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