title: Self-assembled block copolymer micelles with silver-carbon nanotube hybrid fillers for high performance thermal conduction.
abstract: The development of polymer-filled composites with an extremely high thermal conductivity (TC) that is competitive with conventional metals is in great demand due to their cost-effective process, light weight, and easy shape-forming capability. A novel polymer composite with a large thermal conductivity of 153 W m(-1) K(-1) was prepared based on self-assembled block copolymer micelles containing two different fillers of micron-sized silver particles and multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Simple mechanical mixing of the components followed by conventional thermal compression at a low processing temperature of 160 °C produced a novel composite with both structural and thermal stability that is durable for high temperature operation up to 150 °C as well as multiple heating and cooling cycles of ΔT = 100 °C. The high performance in thermal conduction of our composite was mainly attributed to the facile deformation of Ag particles during the mixing in a viscous thermoplastic medium, combined with networked carbon nanotubes uniformly dispersed in the nanoscale structural matrix of block copolymer micelles responsible for its high temperature mechanical stability. Furthermore, micro-imprinting on the composite allowed for topographically periodic surface micropatterns, which offers broader suitability for numerous micro-opto-electronic systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, Republic of Korea. cmpark@yonsei.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jae Ryung
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seunggun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Haejong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Sun Kak
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Richard Hahnkee
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Giyoung
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Sung Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Insung
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Soon Man
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Chong Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Cheolmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park