Engineering polymers with metal-like thermal conductivity—present status and future perspectives

Y Guo, Y Zhou, Y Xu - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Common polymers are thermal insulators. Turning polymer insulators into heat conductors is
of fundamental interest and technological importance. Thermally conductive polymers may …

State-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in bottom-up synthesis of polymers with high thermal conductivity

Y Liu, Y Zhou, Y Xu - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In contrast to metals, polymers are predominantly thermal and electrical insulators. With their
unparalleled advantages such as light weight, turning polymer insulators into heat …

Sequence-engineering polyethylene–polypropylene copolymers with high thermal conductivity using a molecular-dynamics-based genetic algorithm

T Zhou, Z Wu, HK Chilukoti… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymer sequence engineering is emerging as a potential tool to modulate material
properties. Here, we employ a combination of a genetic algorithm (GA) and atomistic …

The effect of mechanical elongation on the thermal conductivity of amorphous and semicrystalline thermoplastic polyimides: atomistic simulations

VM Nazarychev, SV Lyulin - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, the enhancement of polymer thermal conductivity has attracted
considerable attention in the scientific community due to its potential for the development of …

Measurements of thermal resistance across buried interfaces with frequency-domain thermoreflectance and microscale confinement

RJ Warzoha, AA Wilson, BF Donovan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Confined geometries are used to increase measurement sensitivity to thermal boundary
resistance at buried SiO2 interfaces with frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR). We …

Nanoscale Meniscus Dynamics in Evaporating Thin Films: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

M Ozsipahi, A Beskok - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Evaporation studies are focused on unraveling heat transfer and flow dynamics near the
solid–liquid–vapor contact line, particularly focusing on the meniscus, which encompasses …

Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss

X Yu, MR Bhatti, X Ren, P Steiner, F Di Sacco… - … Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer based dielectric materials with simultaneously high thermal conductivity and low
dielectric loss are highly desirable in various applications like energy storage, thermal …

An instrumentation guide to measuring thermal conductivity using frequency domain thermoreflectance (FDTR)

DJ Kirsch, J Martin, R Warzoha, M McLean… - Review of Scientific …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Frequency Domain Thermoreflectance (FDTR) is a versatile technique used to measure the
thermal properties of thin films, multilayer stacks, and interfaces that govern the performance …

Enhancing thermal transport of epoxy composites with vertically aligned graphene in situ grown on the thermal interface

J Liao, S Chen, M Huang, T Rui, ZQ Tian… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The escalating demands for miniaturization, integration, and portability in electronic devices
have underscored the criticality of efficient heat dissipation. The utilization of high …

Thermal imaging of block copolymers with sub-10 nm resolution

S Gottlieb, L Pigard, YK Ryu, M Lorenzoni… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Thermal silicon probes have demonstrated their potential to investigate the thermal
properties of various materials at high resolution. However, a thorough assessment of the …