Strategies for enhancing thermal conductivity of polymer-based thermal interface materials: a review

High thermal conductivity in polydimethylsiloxane composite with vertically oriented graphene nanosheets by liquid-phase exfoliation

(2020) Bo Han et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Movable cross-linked elastomer with aligned carbon nanotube/nanofiber as high thermally conductive tough flexible composite

(2020) Taku Goto et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes grown on reduced graphene oxide as high-performance thermal interface materials

(2020) Yi Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Improvement in thermal conductivity of through-plane aligned boron nitride/silicone rubber composites

(2019) Yang Xue et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Soft Polymer Composites through Magnetically Induced Percolation and Particle–Particle Contact Engineering

(2019) Matthew Ralphs et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Enhancement of Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composite with Copper and Boron Nitride Particles

(2019) Xiru Zheng et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

An Anisotropically High Thermal Conductive Boron Nitride/Epoxy Composite Based on Nacre‐Mimetic 3D Network

(2019) Jingkai Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

The liquid-exfoliation of graphene assisted with hyperbranched polyethylene-g-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane copolymer and its thermal property in polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposite

(2019) Huijian Ye et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Imidazolium-optimized conductive interfaces in multilayer graphene nanoplatelet/epoxy composites for thermal management applications and electroactive devices

(2019) Yinhang Zhang et al.   POLYMER

3D Thermally Cross‐Linked Graphene Aerogel–Enhanced Silicone Rubber Elastomer as Thermal Interface Material

(2019) Wenya Zhang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Through-thickness thermal conductivity enhancement of carbon fiber composite laminate by filler network

(2019) Zenong Fang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Three-Dimensional Heterostructured Reduced Graphene Oxide-Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Stacking Material for Silicone Thermal Grease with Enhanced Thermally Conductive Properties

(2019) Weijie Liang et al.   Nanomaterials

High cross-plane thermally conductive hierarchical composite using graphene-coated vertically aligned carbon nanotubes/graphite

(2019) Feng Lv et al.   CARBON

Spherical core-shell Al@Al2O3 filled epoxy resin composites as high-performance thermal interface materials

(2019) Dasha Mao et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Highly enhanced thermal conductivity of epoxy composites by constructing dense thermal conductive network with combination of alumina and carbon nanotubes

(2019) Rong Yan et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Carbon nanotube covalent bonding mediates extraordinary electron and phonon transports in soft epoxy matrix interface materials

(2019) Sanghoon Lee et al.   CARBON

Through-plane assembly of carbon fibers into 3D skeleton achieving enhanced thermal conductivity of a thermal interface material

(2019) Jiake Ma et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Controllable Ag-rGO heterostructure for highly thermal conductivity in layer-by-layer nanocellulose hybrid films

(2019) Shengdu Yang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Flexible thermal interfacial materials with covalent bond connections for improving high thermal conductivity

(2019) Dong An et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Design of network Al2O3 spheres for significantly enhanced thermal conductivity of polymer composites

(2019) Yuge Ouyang et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Enhanced through-plane thermal conductivity and high electrical insulation of flexible composite films with aligned boron nitride for thermal interface material

(2019) Qingsong Song et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Polymer composites with high thermal conductivity optimized by polyline-folded graphite paper

(2019) Chen Li et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

In-situ grown hollow Fe3O4 onto graphene foam nanocomposites with high EMI shielding effectiveness and thermal conductivity

(2019) Haoming Fang et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Impact of Nanoscale Roughness on Heat Transport across the Solid–Solid Interface

(2019) Jingwei Wang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

A combination of graphene and graphene nanoplatelets: An effective way to improve thermal conductivity for polymers

(2019) Junjie Chen et al.   Results in Physics

In Situ Alloying of Thermally Conductive Polymer Composites by Combining Liquid and Solid Metal Microadditives

(2018) Matthew I. Ralphs et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Synergetic Improvement in Thermal Conductivity and Flame Retardancy of Epoxy/Silver Nanowires Composites by Incorporating “Branch-Like” Flame-Retardant Functionalized Graphene

(2018) Yuezhan Feng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Vertically Aligned and Interconnected SiC Nanowire Networks Leading to Significantly Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Polymer Composites

(2018) Yimin Yao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermal Conductivity of Polymers and Their Nanocomposites

(2018) Xiangfan Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thermal conductive and flexible silastic composite based on a hierarchical framework of aligned carbon fibers-carbon nanotubes

(2018) Tengxiao Ji et al.   CARBON

Thermally conductive polymeric composites incorporating 3D MWCNT/PEDOT:PSS scaffolds

(2018) Cai-Wan Chang-Jian et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Surface modification of carbon fibre using graphene–related materials for multifunctional composites

(2018) Pui-yan Hung et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

The combination of π-π interaction and covalent bonding can synergistically strengthen the flexible electrical insulating nanocomposites with well adhesive properties and thermal conductivity

(2018) Zheng Su et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Enhancement in thermal conductivity of polymer composites using aligned diamonds coated with superparamagnetic magnetite

(2018) Mingqi Sun et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Vertically aligned graphene film/epoxy composites as heat dissipating materials

(2018) Ya-Fei Zhang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Thermal conductivity of polymers and polymer nanocomposites

(2018) Congliang Huang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Enhancing the heat and load transfer efficiency by optimizing the interface of hexagonal boron nitride/elastomer nanocomposites for thermal management applications

(2018) Yinhang Zhang et al.   POLYMER

Surface modification and thermal performance of a graphene oxide/novolac epoxy composite

(2018) Shasha Li et al.   RSC Advances

Core–shell Cu@rGO hybrids filled in epoxy composites with high thermal conduction

(2018) Shaoqing Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Fluorinated Carbon Nanotube/Nanofibrillated Cellulose Composite Film with Enhanced Toughness, Superior Thermal Conductivity, and Electrical Insulation

(2018) Xiongwei Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Fabrication of Thermal Conductivity Enhanced Polymer Composites by Constructing an Oriented Three-dimensional Staggered Interconnected Network of Boron Nitride Platelets and Carbon Nanotubes

(2018) Zheng Su et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Vertically aligned, ultralight and highly compressive all-graphitized graphene aerogels for highly thermally conductive polymer composites

(2018) Xing-Hua Li et al.   CARBON

Improved thermal conductivity of carbon-based thermal interface materials by high-magnetic-field alignment

(2018) Seok-Hwan Chung et al.   CARBON

Synergistic Effect of Irregular Shaped Particles and Graphene on the Thermal Conductivity of Epoxy Composites

(2018) Changqing Liu et al.   POLYMER COMPOSITES

Ball-Milled Recycled Lead-Graphite Pencils as Highly Stretchable and Low-Cost Thermal-Interface Materials

(2018) Chun-An Liao et al.   Polymers

A thermal interface material based on foam-templated three-dimensional hierarchical porous boron nitride

(2018) Zhilin Tian et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Liquid metal nano/micro-channels as thermal interface materials for efficient energy saving

(2018) Liuying Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Highly Thermally Conductive Yet Electrically Insulating Polymer/Boron Nitride Nanosheets Nanocomposite Films for Improved Thermal Management Capability

(2018) Jin Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Large improvement of thermal transport and mechanical performance of polyvinyl alcohol composites based on interface enhanced by SiO2 nanoparticle-modified-hexagonal boron nitride

(2018) Jun Zhang et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Silica coating onto graphene for improving thermal conductivity and electrical insulation of graphene/polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposites

(2018) Chaoxuan Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Microfibril Cellulose/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Ternary Composite Film with Thermal Conductivity and Flexibility

(2018) Xin Ge et al.   Materials

Graphene-Based Thermal Interface Materials: An Application-Oriented Perspective on Architecture Design

(2018) Le Lv et al.   Polymers

Thermal conductivity of 2D nano-structured boron nitride (BN) and its composites with polymers

(2018) Valentina Guerra et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Synergetic effect of hybrid fillers of boron nitride, graphene nanoplatelets, and short carbon fibers for enhanced thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of epoxy nanocomposites

(2018) Mohammad Owais et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Recent advanced thermal interfacial materials: A review of conducting mechanisms and parameters of carbon materials

(2018) Yinhang Zhang et al.   CARBON

Novel nanostructured thermal interface materials: a review

(2017) Josef Hansson et al.   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Present and future thermal interface materials for electronic devices

(2017) Kafil M. Razeeb et al.   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Thermal Properties of Graphene Filled Polymer Composite Thermal Interface Materials

(2017) Ping Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Electrically and thermally conductive underwater acoustically absorptive graphene/rubber nanocomposites for multifunctional applications

(2017) Ying Li et al.   Nanoscale

RGO and Three-Dimensional Graphene Networks Co-modified TIMs with High Performances

(2017) Tang Bo et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Enhanced thermal conductivity for mesophase pitch-based carbon fiber/modified boron nitride/epoxy composites

(2017) Benhui Fan et al.   POLYMER

High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions

(2017) Michael D. Bartlett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Influence from the types of surface functional groups of RGO on the performances of thermal interface materials

(2017) Yunfei Sun et al.   RSC Advances

RGO and Three-Dimensional Graphene Networks Co-modified TIMs with High Performances

(2017) Tang Bo et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Copper Nanowire-Filled Soft Elastomer Composites for Applications as Thermal Interface Materials

(2017) Sushrut Bhanushali et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Roll-to-Roll Continuous Manufacturing Multifunctional Nanocomposites by Electric-Field-Assisted “Z” Direction Alignment of Graphite Flakes in Poly(dimethylsiloxane)

(2016) Yuanhao Guo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrahigh Thermal Conductivity of Interface Materials by Silver-Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Phonon Conduits

(2016) Daewoo Suh et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Preparation of graphene modified epoxy resin with high thermal conductivity by optimizing the morphology of filler

(2016) Yunfei Sun et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

High-performance thermal interface materials consisting of vertically aligned graphene film and polymer

(2016) Ya-Fei Zhang et al.   CARBON

Effect of non-covalent functionalisation on thermal and mechanical properties of graphene-polymer nanocomposites

(2016) Yu Wang et al.   CARBON

Highly deformable thermal interface materials enabled by covalently-bonded carbon nanotubes

(2016) Hong Wang et al.   CARBON

Vertically Aligned and Interconnected Graphene Networks for High Thermal Conductivity of Epoxy Composites with Ultralow Loading

(2016) Gang Lian et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

High thermal conductivity of flexible polymer composites due to synergistic effect of multilayer graphene flakes and graphene foam

(2016) Yun-Hong Zhao et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Polymer nanocomposite films with thicknesses (≤ 30 μm) corresponding to the lateral dimension of graphite nanosheets as straightforward thermal conducting pathways

(2016) Hong-Baek Cho et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Vertical particle alignment of boron nitride and silicon carbide binary filler system for thermal conductivity enhancement

(2016) Kiho Kim et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Insulating polymer nanocomposites with high-thermal-conduction routes via linear densely packed boron nitride nanosheets

(2016) Hong-Baek Cho et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Improvement of Insulating and Thermal Properties of SiO2-Coated Copper Nanowire Composites

(2016) Kiho Kim et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Characterization of transferred vertically aligned carbon nanotubes arrays as thermal interface materials

(2016) Melissa A. Peacock et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Vertical filler alignment of boron nitride/epoxy composite for thermal conductivity enhancement via external magnetic field

(2016) Kiho Kim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES

Preparation of a graphene–silver nanowire hybrid/silicone rubber composite for thermal interface materials

(2016) Sheng-Chi Lin et al.   Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Surface modification of BN/Fe3O4 hybrid particle to enhance interfacial affinity for high thermal conductive material

(2016) Kiho Kim et al.   POLYMER

Thermal conductivity of polymer-based composites: Fundamentals and applications

(2016) Hongyu Chen et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Review of thermal conductivity in composites: Mechanisms, parameters and theory

(2016) N. Burger et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Mechanically robust honeycomb graphene aerogel multifunctional polymer composites

(2015) Qiangqiang Zhang et al.   CARBON

Magnetic filler alignment of paramagnetic Fe3O4 coated SiC/epoxy composite for thermal conductivity improvement

(2015) Kiho Kim et al.   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Fabrication of surface-treated BN/ETDS composites for enhanced thermal and mechanical properties

(2015) Kisang Ahn et al.   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Effect of boron nitride addition on properties of vapour grown carbon nanofiber/rubbery epoxy composites for thermal interface applications

(2015) M.A. Raza et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scalable Exfoliation Process for Highly Soluble Boron Nitride Nanoplatelets by Hydroxide-Assisted Ball Milling

(2015) Dongju Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Thermal conductivity and electric properties of epoxy composites filled with TiO 2 -coated copper nanowire

(2015) Kisang Ahn et al.   POLYMER

Ice-Templated Assembly Strategy to Construct 3D Boron Nitride Nanosheet Networks in Polymer Composites for Thermal Conductivity Improvement

(2015) Xiaoliang Zeng et al.   Small

Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Laminate

(2014) H. Malekpour et al.   NANO LETTERS

High thermal conductivity and high electrical resistivity of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/polystyrene blends by controlling the localization of hybrid fillers

(2013) Jian-Ping Cao et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Thermal conductivity of a graphene oxide–carbon nanotube hybrid/epoxy composite

(2012) Hyungu Im et al.   CARBON

Graphene–Multilayer Graphene Nanocomposites as Highly Efficient Thermal Interface Materials

(2012) Khan M. F. Shahil et al.   NANO LETTERS

Synergetic effect of thermal conductive properties of epoxy composites containing functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and aluminum nitride

(2011) Chih-Chun Teng et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Thermal properties of graphene and nanostructured carbon materials

(2011) Alexander A. Balandin   NATURE MATERIALS