... estimating the interfacial resistance and the thermal conductivity of the constituent CNTs, we conclude that our experimental and modeling approaches can be used to study thermal transport behavior in nanotube–polymer composites. carbon nanotubes filled polymers nanocomposites percolation thermal...

... of Size Distribution on Burn Rate in Nanocomposite Thermites: A Probability Density Function Study ,” Combust. Theory Modell. , 8 ( 3 ), pp. 555 – 565 . 10.1088/1364-7830/8/3/007 [3] Smith , T. F. , Byun , K.-H. , and Chen , L.-D. , 1988 , “ Effects of Radiative and Conductive...

.... 04 04 2011 06 06 2012 In this paper, we propose the use of Si/Ge nanocomposite materials to improve the performance of microthermal actuators. Nanocomposites with a high electrical to thermal conductivity ratio can facilitate a rapid temperature change within a short distance, enabling...

...Patrick E. Hopkins; Bryan Kaehr; Leslie M. Phinney; Timothy P. Koehler; Anne M. Grillet; Darren Dunphy; Fred Garcia; C. Jeffrey Brinker Nanocomposites offer unique capabilities of controlling thermal transport through the manipulation of various structural aspects of the material. However...

... found in the powder. The intensity- 2 θ graph is shown in Fig. 9 . 03 03 2009 26 03 2010 10 08 2010 10 08 2010 aluminium atom-molecule reactions convection copper compounds flames nanoparticles nickel compounds nanocomposites enhanced convection...

...Arden L. Moore; Antonette T. Cummings; Justin M. Jensen; Li Shi; Joseph H. Koo Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were incorporated into nylon 11 to form nylon 11-carbon nanofiber nanocomposites via twin screw extrusion. Injection molding has been employed to fabricate specimens that possess enhanced...

...Ming-Shan Jeng; Ronggui Yang; David Song; Gang Chen This paper presents a Monte Carlo simulation scheme to study the phonon transport and the thermal conductivity of nanocomposites. Special attention has been paid to the implementation of periodic boundary condition in Monte Carlo simulation...

...(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposites with random SWNT orientations and loading up to 9 vol % using the comparative technique. The composites were prepared by coagulation and exhibit ∼ 250 % improvement in the thermal conductivity at 9 vol % . The experimental results were analyzed using the versatile Nielsen...

...Satish Kumar; Muhammad A. Alam; Jayathi Y. Murthy Thermal and electrical transport in a new class of nanocomposites composed of random isotropic two-dimensional ensembles of nanotubes or nanowires in a substrate (host matrix) is considered for use in the channel region of thin-film transistors...