Anisotropic thermal and electrical properties of thin thermal interface layers of graphite nanoplatelet-based composites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tian, Xiaojuan ^a,b   Itkis, Mikhail E ^a   Bekyarova, Elena B ^a   Haddon, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

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EID: 84877761184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01710     Document Type: Article

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