Carbon nanotube composites for thermal management

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Biercuk, M. J
Llaguno, Mark C
Radosavljevic, M.
Hyun, J. K
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Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were used to augment the thermal transport properties of industrial epoxy. Samples loaded with 1 wt% unpurified SWNT material show a 70% increase in thermal conductivity at 40K, rising to 125% at room temperature; the enhancement due to 1 wt% loading of vapor grown carbon fibers is three times smaller. Electrical conductivity data show a percolation threshold between 0.1 and 0.2 wt% SWNT loading. The Vickers hardness rises monotonically with SWNT loading up to a factor of 3.5 at 2 wt%. These results suggest that the thermal and mechanical properties of SWNT-epoxy composites are improved, without the need to chemically functionalize the nanotubes.

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2002-04-15
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Postprint version. Published in Applied Physics Letters, Volume 80, Issue 15, April 15, 2002, pages 2767-2769. Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1469696
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