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Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in a Hybrid Graphite Nanoplatelet – Carbon Nanotube Filler for Epoxy Composites†

  1. Aiping Yu,
  2. Palanisamy Ramesh,
  3. Xiaobo Sun,
  4. Elena Bekyarova,
  5. Mikhail E. Itkis,
  6. Robert C Haddon*

Article first published online: 23 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800401

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 24, pages 4740–4744, December 17, 2008

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How to Cite

Yu, A., Ramesh, P., Sun, X., Bekyarova, E., Itkis, M. E. and Haddon, R. C. (2008), Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in a Hybrid Graphite Nanoplatelet – Carbon Nanotube Filler for Epoxy Composites. Adv. Mater., 20: 4740–4744. doi: 10.1002/adma.200800401

Author Information

  1. Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Environmental Engineering University of California – Riverside Riverside, California 92521 (USA)

*Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Environmental Engineering University of California – Riverside Riverside, California 92521 (USA).

  1. †

    We acknowledge the financial support from DOD/DMEA under award # H94003-06-20604 and # H94003-08-2-0803 and technical help in graphite exfoliation from Yasir Khalid Ali and Kimberly Worsley. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the authors.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 DEC 2008
  2. Article first published online: 23 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 19 MAY 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 8 FEB 2008

Funded by

  • DOD/DMEA. Grant Numbers: # H94003-06-20604, # H94003-08-2-0803

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Keywords:

  • epoxy composites;
  • graphite nanoplatelets;
  • single-walled carbon nanotubes;
  • synergistic effect;
  • thermal conductivity
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A nanoscale hybrid filler comprising single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphite nanoplatelets provides a synergistic effect in the enhancement of thermal conductivity of epoxy composites, which is ascribed to the formation of a more efficient percolating network with significantly reduced thermal interface resistance.

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