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A review on modeling of the thermal conductivity of polymeric nanocomposites

This article explored the recent discoveries that have been made regarding the thermal conductivity of polymeric nanocomposites. The thermal conductivities were found using several methods: comparative method, laser flash method, ...

Keywords: Copolymer matrix, inorganic compound, Polymeric materials, polymeric nanocomposites, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS) techniques

A review on modeling of the thermal conductivity of polymeric nanocomposites

Author(s): Sh. Jafari Nejad

This article is a review of the methods for measuring thermal conductivity including both steady state and transient methods. The article describes the experimental setup for each method, and it ...

Keywords: nanocomposites, Polymer composites, Steady state, Thermal Conductivity, Transient

Physical study of room-temperature-cured epoxy/thermally reduced graphene oxides with various contents of oxygen-containing groups

Author(s): Chien-Hua Hsu, Jui-Ming Yeh, Kung-Chin Chang, Mei-Chun Lai, Min-Hsiang Hsu, Pei-Ju Liu, Tsao-Li Chuang, Wei-Ren Liu

Epoxy nanocomposites containing thermally reduced graphene oxides (TRGs) with different oxygen contents were prepared and their mechanical and thermal properties were investigated. It was found that increasing the number of ...

Keywords: DMA, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA), Epoxy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, FTIR, graphene, nanocomposites, Polymer composites, TEM, Tensile Tests, TGA, Thermal Conductivity, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), TPS Technique, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Transmission electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), XPS

Improved Thermal Conductivity of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate-block-poly(tetramethylene oxide) Based Nanocomposites Containing Hybrid Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene Nanoplatelets Fillers

Author(s): Andrzej Czulak, Anna Szymczyk, Bartlomiej Przybyszewski, Ryszard Pilawka, Sandra Paszkiewicz, Zbigniew Roslaniec

Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)-block-poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTT-PMTO) copolymer-based nanocomposites containing a combination of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) as carbon nanofillers were investigated to determine their thermal ...

Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, CNTs, Fillers, graphene, nanocomposites, Polymer composites, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), SEM, Thermal Conductivity, TPS Method, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Study on effective thermal conductivity of zinc sulphide/poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites

Author(s): N. S. Saxena, Sonalika Agarwal, Vipin Kumar

Zinc sulfide nanoparticles were embedded in a poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix to prepare a nanocomposite polymer with a higher thermal conductivity than the pure polymer. It was determined by TEM ...

Keywords: Fillers, nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, Polymer composites, TEM, Thermal Conductivity, TPS Technique, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Transmission electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray Diffraction, X-ray diffraction (XRD), XRD

Influence of CdS Nano Additives on the Thermal Conductivity of Poly(vinyl chloride)/CdS Nanocomposites

Author(s): Dinesh Patidar, N. S. Saxena

CdS nanoparticles were dispersed in varying quantities into a PVC matrix and the effective thermal conductivities of the produced nanocomposites were investigated at temperatures from 25 to 110C. It was determined ...

Keywords: Fillers, nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, Polymer composites, PVC, TEM, Thermal Conductivity, Transient Plane Source Technique, Transmission electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Enhancement of physical properties of electroactive polyimide nanocomposites by addition of graphene nanosheets

Author(s): Chien-Hua Hsu, Hsin-I Lu, Jui-Ming Yeh, Kuan-Yeh Huang, Kung-Chin Chang, Mei-Chun Lai, Tsao-Li Chuang, Wei-Ren Liu, You-Rong Hsiao

The thermal imidization method was used to prepare an electroactive polyimide/graphene nanocomposite (EPGN) material membrane. It was determined that the composites that were formed had improved mechanical strength, thermal ...

Keywords: CV, Cyclic Voltammetry, Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), differential scanning calorimetry, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), DMA, DSC, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, FTIR, graphene, nanocomposites, Polymer composites, TEM, TGA, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), TPS Technique, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Transmission electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Influence of the degree of exfoliation on the thermal conductivity of polypropylene nanocomposites

Author(s): Andreas Witschnigg, Clemens Holzer, Daniel Tscharnuter, Hannelore Mattausch, Ivica Duretek, Stephan Laske

This article investigated the effects of incorporating silica layers into polypropylene nanocomposites. The influence of the silica layers on the thermal conductivity of the material is compared to the influence ...

Keywords: Fillers, nanocomposites, polypropylene, silica layers, talcum, Thermal Conductivity, thermal conductivity increase

Influence of the Presence and Amount of Metal Nanoparticles on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of iPP/Soft Paraffin Wax Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

Author(s): Mamohanoe Patricia Molaba

Nanocomposite phase change materials (PCMs) were prepared by adding silver nanoparticles to isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and an iPP/paraffin wax phase change materials. The Ag nanoparticles were found to be ...

Keywords: differential scanning calorimetry, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), DMA, DSC, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA), Electrical Conductivity, Fillers, nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, pcms, phase change materials, TEM, Thermal Conductivity, thermal energy storage, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Transmission electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Enhanced thermal conductivity of n-octadecane containing carbon-based nanomaterials

Author(s): Ali A. Alemrajabi, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Sadegh Motahar

The use of organic compounds as phase change materials (PCMs) is limited by the low thermal conductivity of these compounds. In this study, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon nanofibers (...

Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, CNTs, Fillers, nanocomposites, pcms, phase change materials, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Constants Analyzer, TPS Method

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A review on modeling of the thermal conductivity of polymeric nanocomposites

A review on modeling of the thermal conductivity of polymeric nanocomposites

Physical study of room-temperature-cured epoxy/thermally reduced graphene oxides with various contents of oxygen-containing groups

Improved Thermal Conductivity of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate-block-poly(tetramethylene oxide) Based Nanocomposites Containing Hybrid Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene Nanoplatelets Fillers

Study on effective thermal conductivity of zinc sulphide/poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites

Influence of CdS Nano Additives on the Thermal Conductivity of Poly(vinyl chloride)/CdS Nanocomposites

Enhancement of physical properties of electroactive polyimide nanocomposites by addition of graphene nanosheets

Influence of the degree of exfoliation on the thermal conductivity of polypropylene nanocomposites

Influence of the Presence and Amount of Metal Nanoparticles on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of iPP/Soft Paraffin Wax Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

Enhanced thermal conductivity of n-octadecane containing carbon-based nanomaterials

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