title: Polymer/boron nitride nanocomposite materials for superior thermal transport performance.
abstract: Boron nitride nanosheets were dispersed in polymers to give composite films with excellent thermal transport performances approaching the record values found in polymer/graphene nanocomposites. Similarly high performance at lower BN loadings was achieved by aligning the nanosheets in poly(vinyl alcohol) matrix by simple mechanical stretching (see picture).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Emerging Materials and Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
authors.forename: Wei-Li
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Ankoma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Mohammed J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Meziani
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Farr
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D011108:Polymers; C017282:boron nitride