Nanostructured polymer films with metal-like thermal conductivity

Yanfei Xu; Daniel Kraemer; Bai Song; Zhang Jiang; Jiawei Zhou; James Loomis; Jianjian Wang; Mingda Li; Hadi Ghasemi; Xiaopeng Huang; Xiaobo Li; Gang Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09697-7

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Nanostructured polymer films with metal-like thermal conductivity

Yanfei Xu,
Daniel Kraemer,
Bai Song,
Zhang Jiang,
Jiawei Zhou,
James Loomis,
Jianjian Wang,
Mingda Li,
Hadi Ghasemi,
Xiaopeng Huang,
Xiaobo Li,
Gang Chen

Affiliations

Yanfei Xu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Kraemer: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bai Song: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zhang Jiang: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Jiawei Zhou: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Loomis: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jianjian Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mingda Li: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hadi Ghasemi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Xiaopeng Huang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Xiaobo Li: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gang Chen: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09697-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Thermally conductive polymers can be used for advanced thermal management applications but the transport mechanisms have yet to be elucidated. Here the authors report the synthesis of polyethylene films with high thermal conductivity, which is attributed to the amorphous regions of the nanofibers.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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