Carbon-Nanotube-Based Epoxy Matrix Thermal Interface Materials for Thermal Management in Load Bearing Aerospace Structures

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S. Mahajan ◽

G. Subbarayan ◽

B. G. Sammakia ◽

W. Jones

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotube ◽

Thermal Management ◽

Cell Model ◽

Thermal Interface Material ◽

Design Parameters ◽

Intermediate Step ◽

Thermal Interface Materials ◽

Thermal Interface ◽

Scale Properties ◽

Interface Materials

Thermal management in microelectronics is an important issue due to the projected increase in power dissipation in the electronic devices over the next 5–10 years. We seek a solution to this problem by exploring carbon nanotube-polymer matrix composites for use as thermal interface materials because of the reported high thermal conductivity and other remarkable thermal and mechanical properties of nanotubes. As an intermediate step to finding the composites’ conductivity, it is important to validate the use carbon nanotubes by calculating its diffusivity and conductivity first. This would facilitate later the estimating of important design parameters for thermal interface materials such as thermal diffusivity and conductivity. As polymer molecules are on the same size scale as nanotubes and the interaction at the polymer/nanotube interface is highly dependent on the molecular structure and bonding, Molecular Dynamic (MD) simulation is used to estimate the nano-scale properties. In this paper, until cell model consisting of a carbon nanotube was used and the diffusivity was measured. These findings would have implications in improving the thermal management efficiency and consequently improve the performance and reliability of future microelectronic devices.

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Advanced Thermal Interface Materials for Thermal Management

Engineered Science ◽

10.30919/es8d710 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Wei Yu ◽

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Changqing Liu ◽

Lin Qiu ◽

Ping Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thermal Management ◽

Thermal Interface Materials ◽

Thermal Interface ◽

Interface Materials

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Carbon Nanotube Films for Energy Applications

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14071890 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (7) ◽

pp. 1890

Author(s):

Monika Rdest ◽

Dawid Janas

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotube ◽

Mechanical Energy ◽

Research Community ◽

Thermal Interface Materials ◽

Thermal Interface ◽

Conductive Coatings ◽

Storage Devices ◽

Energy Applications ◽

Wide Range ◽

Interface Materials

This perspective article describes the application opportunities of carbon nanotube (CNT) films for the energy sector. Up to date progress in this regard is illustrated with representative examples of a wide range of energy management and transformation studies employing CNT ensembles. Firstly, this paper features an overview of how such macroscopic networks from nanocarbon can be produced. Then, the capabilities for their application in specific energy-related scenarios are described. Among the highlighted cases are conductive coatings, charge storage devices, thermal interface materials, and actuators. The selected examples demonstrate how electrical, thermal, radiant, and mechanical energy can be converted from one form to another using such formulations based on CNTs. The article is concluded with a future outlook, which anticipates the next steps which the research community will take to bring these concepts closer to implementation.

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