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Ding D, Huang R, Peng B, Xie Y, Nie H, Yang C, Zhang Q, Zhang XA, Qin G, Chen Y. Effect of Nanoscale in Situ Interface Welding on the Macroscale Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Epoxy Composites: A Multiscale Simulation Investigation. ACS NANO 2023; 17:19323-19337. [PMID: 37769163 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
Abstract
Insulating thermally conductive polymer composites are in great demand in integrated-circuit packages, for efficient heat dissipation and to alleviative short-circuit risk. Herein, the continuous oriented hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) frameworks (o-BN@SiC) were prepared via self-assembly and in situ chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) interface welding. The insulating o-BN@SiC/epoxy (o-BN@SiC/EP) composites exhibited enhanced thermal conductivity benefited from the CVI-SiC-welded BN-BN interface. Further, multiscale simulation, combining first-principles calculation, Monte Carlo simulation, and finite-element simulation, was performed to quantitatively reveal the effect of the welded BN-BN interface on the heat transfer of o-BN@SiC/EP composites. Phonon transmission in solders and phonon-phonon coupling of filler-solder interfaces enhanced the interfacial heat transfer between adjacent h-BN microplatelets, and the interfacial thermal resistance of the dominant BN-BN interface was decreased to only 3.83 nK·m2/W from 400 nK·m2/W, plunging by over 99%. This highly weakened interfacial thermal resistance greatly improved the heat transfer along thermal pathways and resulted in a 26% thermal conductivity enhancement of o-BN@SiC/EP composites, compared with physically contacted oriented h-BN/EP composites, at 15 vol % h-BN. This systematic multiscale simulation broke through the barrier of revealing the heat transfer mechanism of polymer composites from the nanoscale to the macroscale, which provided rational cognition about the effect of the interfacial thermal resistance between fillers on the thermal conductivity of polymer composites.
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- Dongliang Ding
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
- Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ningbo 315103, China
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
- Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ningbo 315103, China
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Wang Q, Liu S, Guo H, Hu B, Li Y, Wang J, Li B. Thermal Conductivity of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Films with a Multi-Scale Framework. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15102331. [PMID: 37242904 DOI: 10.3390/polym15102331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The orientation of amorphous regions in pure polymers has been noted to be critical to the enhancement of thermal conductivity (TC), but the available reports are still rather few. Here, we propose to prepare a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film with a multi-scale framework by introducing anisotropic amorphous nanophases in the form of cross-planar alignments among the in-planar oriented extended-chain crystals (ECCs) lamellae, which show an enhanced TC of 1.99 Wm-1 K-1 in the through-plane direction (K⟂) and 4.35 Wm-1 K-1 in the in-plane direction (K∥). Structural characterization determination using scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution synchrotron X-ray scattering showed that shrinking the dimension of the amorphous nanophases can effectively reduce entanglement and lead to alignments formation. Moreover, the thermal anisotropy of the amorphous region is quantitatively discussed with the aid of the two-phase model. Superior thermal dissipation performances are intuitively displayed by means of finite element numerical analysis and heat exchanger applications. Moreover, such unique multi-scale architecture also results in significant benefit in the improvement of dimensional stability and thermal stability. This paper provides a reasonable solution for fabricating inexpensive thermal conducting polymer films from the perspective of practical applications.
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- Qin Wang
- Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Tianjin Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Ren'ai College, Tianjin 301636, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Fang H, Li G, Wang K, Wu F. Significant Improvement of Thermal Conductivity of Polyamide 6/Boron Nitride Composites by Adding a Small Amount of Stearic Acid. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15081887. [PMID: 37112035 PMCID: PMC10145742 DOI: 10.3390/polym15081887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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This study investigates the effect of adding stearic acid (SA) on the thermal conductivity of polyamide 6 (PA6)/boron nitride (BN) composites. The composites were prepared by melt blending, and the mass ratio of PA6 to BN was fixed at 50:50. The results show that when the SA content is less than 5 phr, some SA is distributed at the interface between BN sheets and PA6, which improves the interface adhesion of the two phases. This improves the force transfer from the matrix to BN sheets, promoting the exfoliation and dispersion of BN sheets. However, when the SA content was greater than 5 phr, SA tends to aggregate and form separate domains rather than being dispersed at the interface between PA6 and BN. Additionally, the well-dispersed BN sheets act as a heterogeneous nucleation agent, significantly improving the crystallinity of the PA6 matrix. The combination of good interface adhesion, excellent orientation, and high crystallinity of the matrix leads to efficient phonon propagation, resulting in a significant improvement in the thermal conductivity of the composite. The highest thermal conductivity of the composite is achieved when the SA content is 5 phr, which is 3.59 W m-1 K-1. The utilization of a composite material consisting of 5phr SA as the thermal interface material displays the highest thermal conductivity, and the composite also demonstrates satisfactory mechanical properties. This study proposes a promising strategy for the preparation of composites with high thermal conductivity.
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- Hui Fang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Products of Universities in Fujian, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Application, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Products of Universities in Fujian, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
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Flexible h-BN/fluorinated poly (arylene ether nitrile) fibrous composite film with low dielectric constant and high thermal conductivity fabricated via coaxial electrospinning hot-pressing technique. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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