Liquid crystal epoxy resins with high intrinsic thermal conductivities and their composites: A mini-review

K Ruan, X Zhong, X Shi, J Dang, J Gu - Materials Today Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to the excellent mechanical properties and thermal stability, outstanding electrical
insulation and chemical resistance, as well as easy processing and low cost, epoxy resins …

Advances in liquid crystal epoxy: molecular structures, thermal conductivity, and promising applications in thermal management

W Zhou, Y Wang, F Kong, W Peng… - Energy & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional heat conductive epoxy composites often fall short in meeting the escalating heat
dissipation demands of large‐power, high‐frequency, and high‐voltage insulating …

Breaking through bottlenecks for thermally conductive polymer composites: a perspective for intrinsic thermal conductivity, interfacial thermal resistance and theoretics

J Gu, K Ruan - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Rapid development of energy, electrical and electronic technologies has put forward higher
requirements for the thermal conductivities of polymers and their composites. However, the …

Liquid crystalline polyimide films with high intrinsic thermal conductivities and robust toughness

K Ruan, Y Guo, J Gu - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Low intrinsic thermal conductivity coefficients (λ) of polyimide (PI) films limit their application
in heat-prone flexible electronics. By optimizing the liquid crystal range to fit the curing …

Effect of the structure of epoxy monomers and curing agents: toward making intrinsically highly thermally conductive and low-dielectric epoxy resins

J Zhang, L Dang, F Zhang, K Zhang, Q Kong, J Gu - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
The low intrinsic thermal conduction and high dielectric properties of epoxy resins have
significantly limited their applications in electrical and electronic devices with high …

Intrinsic high thermal conductive liquid crystal epoxy film simultaneously combining with excellent intrinsic self-healing performance

X Yang, X Zhong, J Zhang, J Gu - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
One kind of side chain liquid crystal epoxy (S-LCE) based on biphenyl mesomorphic unit is
synthesized from 2, 2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid, 4-phenylphenol, and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in polymers and composite dielectrics for thermal transport and high-temperature applications

L Wang, C Yang, X Wang, J Shen, W Sun… - Composites Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal transport performance of polymers and polymer composites has been widely
studied as electrical insulating encapsulations for the many applications in microelectronics …

[HTML][HTML] High-efficiency improvement of thermal conductivities for epoxy composites from synthesized liquid crystal epoxy followed by doping BN fillers

X Yang, J Zhu, D Yang, J Zhang, Y Guo… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Liquid crystal epoxy resin presents high intrinsic thermal conductivity coefficient (λ).
However, the complex molecular structure design and tedious synthesis process severely …

An overview of C-SiC microwave absorption composites serving in harsh environments

J Liu, X Wei, L Gao, J Tao, L Xu, G Peng, H Jin… - Journal of the European …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adapting to extremely harsh service environments is an unavoidable challenge for
microwave absorption (MA) materials. Among MA materials, C-SiC composites stand out …

Discotic liquid crystal epoxy resins integrating intrinsic high thermal conductivity and intrinsic flame retardancy

X Zhong, X Yang, K Ruan, J Zhang… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of intrinsic thermal conductivity and intrinsic flame retardancy of epoxy resins
shows wider application prospects in electricals and electronics. Discotic liquid crystal epoxy …