Interface effect on thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3549-3551

  Nan, Ce Wen ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Lin, Yuanhua ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYCRYSTALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

INTERFACIAL THERMAL BARRIERS; KAPITZA RADIUS; NANOTUBE-MATRIX INTERFACE; ORGANIC FLUIDS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 9744240947     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1808874     Document Type: Article

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