PMID- 33800734
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210408
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 5
DP  - 2021 Mar 6
TI  - An Integrated Approach to Design and Develop High-Performance Polymer-Composite 
      Thermal Interface Material.
LID - 10.3390/polym13050807 [doi]
LID - 807
AB  - A computational framework based on novel differential effective medium 
      approximation and mean-field homogenization is used to design high-performance 
      filler-laden polymer thermal interface materials (TIMs). The proposed design 
      strategy has the capability to handle non-dilute filler concentration in the 
      polymer matrix. The effective thermal conductivity of intended thermal interface 
      composites can be tailored in a wide range by varying filler attributes such as 
      size, aspect ratio, orientation, as well as filler-matrix interface with an upper 
      limit imposed by the shear modulus. Serval potential polymers and fillers are 
      considered at the design stage. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) and 
      thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with a non-dilute concentration (~60 vol%) of 
      ceramic fillers exhibit high thermal conductivity (4-5 W m(-1) K(-1)) without 
      compromising the high compliance of TIMs. The predicted thermal conductivity and 
      coefficient of thermal expansion are in excellent agreement with measured data of 
      various binary composite systems considering HDPE, TPU, and polypropylene (PP) 
      loaded with Al(2)O(3) and AlN fillers in varying sizes, shapes, and 
      concentrations, prepared via the melt-mixing and compression-molding route. The 
      model also validates that manipulating filler alignment and aspect ratio can 
      significantly contribute to making heat-conducting networks in composites, which 
      results in ultra-high thermal conductivity.
FAU - Akhtar, Syed Sohail
AU  - Akhtar SS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7685-4681
AD  - Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 
      (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, 
      KFUPM, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology, KFUPM, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210306
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC7962025
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - composites
OT  - design
OT  - interface
OT  - polymer
OT  - thermal resistance
COIS- The author declares no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/04/04 06:00
MHDA- 2021/04/04 06:01
PMCR- 2021/03/06
CRDT- 2021/04/03 01:06
PHST- 2021/02/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/03/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/03/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/04/03 01:06 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/04/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/04/04 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/03/06 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym13050807 [pii]
AID - polymers-13-00807 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym13050807 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2021 Mar 6;13(5):807. doi: 10.3390/polym13050807.