Fabrication, interface characterization and modeling of oriented graphite flakes/Si/Al composites for thermal management applications

Materials and Design

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 719-728

  Zhou, Cong ^a   Ji, Gang ^b,c   Chen, Zhe ^a   Wang, Mingliang ^a   Addad, Ahmed ^b   Schryvers, Dominique ^c   Wang, Haowei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Composites; Graphite flake; Interface structure; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GRAPHITE; SILICON; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; GRAPHITE FLAKES; INTERFACE CHARACTERIZATION; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; PRESSURE INFILTRATION PROCESS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84918778263     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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