1202.0330 (Vivek Goyal et al.)

Thermal Properties of the Hybrid Graphene-Metal Nano-Micro-Composites:
Applications in Thermal Interface Materials    [PDF]

Vivek Goyal, Alexander A. Balandin

The authors report on synthesis and thermal properties of the
electrically-conductive thermal interface materials with the hybrid
graphene-metal particle fillers. The thermal conductivity of resulting
composites was increased by ~500% in a temperature range from 300 K to 400 K at
a small graphene loading fraction of 5-vol.-%. The unusually strong enhancement
of thermal properties was attributed to the high intrinsic thermal conductivity
of graphene, strong graphene coupling to matrix materials and the large range
of the length-scale - from nanometers to micrometers - of the graphene and
silver particle fillers. The obtained results are important for thermal
management of advanced electronics and optoelectronics.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0330