Issue 29, 2009
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Creation of interfacial phonons by carbon nanotube–polymer coupling†

Ching-Chen Li,a   Chieh-Lien Lu,a   Yu-Tang Lin,b   Bee-Yu Weic  and  Wen-Kuang Hsu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu, Taiwan
E-mail: wkhsu@mx.nthu.edu.tw
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b Innovation R&D Center, Zig-Sheng Industrial Co Ltd, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan

c Chemistry and Materials Research Laboratory, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
E-mail: JasperWei@itri.org.tw
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Tel: +886 3 5915219

Abstract

Incorporation of carbon nanotubes into nylon-6 creates interfacial phonons; phonon occupation at low frequency regime is therefore enhanced, leading to thermal conductivity improvement by 74–78%.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B908166F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Apr 2009
Accepted
07 May 2009
First published
15 May 2009

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,11, 6034-6037

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C. Li, C. Lu, Y. Lin, B. Wei and W. Hsu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 6034 DOI: 10.1039/B908166F

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