Measuring the Thermal Conductivity of Porous, Transparent SiO2 Films With Time Domain Thermoreflectance

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick E. Hopkins ◽  
Bryan Kaehr ◽  
Leslie M. Phinney ◽  
Timothy P. Koehler ◽  
Anne M. Grillet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Optical Measurements ◽  
Conductivity Measurements ◽  
Glass Slides ◽  
Thermally Conductive ◽  
Surface Variability ◽  
Porous Nanomaterials ◽  
Structural Aspects ◽  
Nanoporous Structures

Nanocomposites offer unique capabilities of controlling thermal transport through the manipulation of various structural aspects of the material. However, measurements of the thermal properties of these composites are often difficult, especially porous nanomaterials. Optical measurements of these properties, although ideal due to the noncontact nature, are challenging due to the large surface variability of nanoporous structures. In this work, we use a vector-based thermal algorithm to solve for the temperature change and heat transfer in which a thin film subjected to a modulated heat source is sandwiched between two thermally conductive pathways. We validate our solution with time domain thermoreflectance measurements on glass slides and extend the thermal conductivity measurements to SiO2-based nanostructured films.

Optical Measurements of the Thermal Conductivity of Porous SiO2 Films

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick E. Hopkins ◽  
Bryan J. Kaehr ◽  
Leslie M. Phinney ◽  
Timothy P. Koehler ◽  
Anne M. Grillet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Optical Measurements ◽  
Pump Probe ◽  
Porous Sio2 ◽  
Thermally Conductive ◽  
Surface Variability ◽  
Porous Nanomaterials ◽  
Structural Aspects ◽  
Probe Geometry ◽  
Nanoporous Structures

Nanocomposites offer unique capabilities of controlling thermal transport through the manipulation of various structural aspects of the material. However, measurements of the thermal properties of these composites are often difficult, especially porous nanomaterials. Optical measurements of these properties, although ideal due to the noncontact nature, are challenging due to the large surface variability of nanoporous structures. Recently, a novel pump-probe geometry was used in Time Domain Thermoreflectance (TDTR) to determine the thermal conductivity of liquids. In this work, we develop a thermal algorithm to solve for the temperature change and heat transfer in this TDTR geometry in which a thin film which is subjected to a modulated heat source is sandwiched between two thermally conductive pathways. We validate our thermal algorithm with TDTR measurements of the thermal conductivity and on a series of porous SiO2-based nanostructured films.

scholarly journals Thermal Conductance of Epoxy/Alumina Interfaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 2133 (1) ◽  
pp. 012002
Author(s):  
Wei Yang ◽  
Yun Chen ◽  
Yipeng Zhang ◽  
Yongsheng Fu ◽  
Kun Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Polymer Matrix ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Conductive Polymer ◽  
Thermal Conductance ◽  
Interfacial Thermal Conductance ◽  
Piranha Solution ◽  
Conductive Polymer Composites ◽  
Thermally Conductive

Abstract The interfacial thermal conductance (ITC) between filler and polymer matrix is considered as one of the important factors that limits the thermal conductivity of thermally conductive polymer composites. The effect of two different surface treatments (piranha solution and plasma) on ITC of epoxy/alumina was investigated using Time-domain thermoreflectance method (TDTR). The TDTR results show that compared with non-treated samples, the ITC of samples treated by piranha solution and plasma increased 2.9 times and 3.4 times, respectively. This study provides guidance for improving the thermal conductivity of thermally conductive polymer composites.

scholarly journals Thermal conductivity measurements via time-domain thermoreflectance for the characterization of radiation induced damage

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1403-1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramez Cheaito ◽  
Caroline S. Gorham ◽  
Amit Misra ◽  
Khalid Hattar ◽  
Patrick E. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Conductivity Measurements ◽  
Radiation Induced ◽  
Image Position

Abstract

Highly thermally conductive UHMWPE/NG composites with the segregated structure and their application for heat spreader

2020 ◽  
pp. 089270572096564
Author(s):  
Xiao Wang ◽  
Hui Lu ◽  
Jun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Laser Flash ◽  
Heating Process ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Heat Spreader ◽  
Conductive Composites ◽  
Compression Direction ◽  
Thermal Analyzer ◽  
Thermally Conductive ◽  
Plane Direction

In this work, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)/natural flake graphite (NG) polymer composites with the extraordinary high thermal conductivity were prepared by a facile mixed-heating powder method. Morphology observation and X-ray diffraction (XRD) tests revealed that the NG flakes could be more tightly coated on the surface of UHMWPE granules by mixed-heating process and align horizontally (perpendicular to the hot compression direction of composites). Laser flash thermal analyzer (LFA) demonstrated that the thermal conductivity (TC) of composites with 21.6 vol% of NG reached 19.87 W/(m·K) and 10.67 W/(m·K) in the in-plane and through-plane direction, respectively. Application experiment further demonstrated that UHMWPE/NG composites had strong capability to dissipate the heat as heat spreader. The obtained results provided a valuable basis for fabricating high thermal conductive composites which can act as advanced thermal management materials.

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