Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): A. P. Brown, A. V. K. Westwood, C. Stirling, M. A. Raza
Keywords: compression testing, electron microscopy, electron microscopy (em), em, graphite, graphite nanoplatelet/silicone composites, shore hardness, silicone, thermal conductivity, thermal interface materials, three-roll milling process, tims, tps method, transient plane source, transient plane source (tps) method, x-ray diffraction, x-ray diffraction (xrd), xrd
Abstract: Using a three-roll mill process, graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) were dispersed in a silicone polymer for application as a thermal interface material. Through the use of electron microscopy and XRD, the researchers were able to determine that the GNPs dispersed better when using the three-roll milling process as compared to previously used methods. GNPs were mixed with the silicone polymer in wt.% up to 25, with the highest wt.% yielding the highest thermal conductivity of all the composites as determined.
Reference: Composites Science and Technology, 72, 3 (2012) 467-475
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.12.010