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ArticlePolymers2018

Heat Dissipation in Epoxy/Amine-Based Gradient Composites with Alumina Particles: A Critical Evaluation of Thermal Conductivity Measurements.

Matthias Morak, Philipp Marx, Mario Gschwandl, Peter Filipp Fuchs, Martin Pfost, Frank Wiesbrock

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Article in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Matthias MorakPolymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Roseggerstrasse 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria. matthias.morak@pccl.at.
Philipp MarxPolymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Roseggerstrasse 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria. philipp.marx@pccl.at.
Mario GschwandlPolymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Roseggerstrasse 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria. mario.gschwandl@pccl.at.
Peter Filipp FuchsPolymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Roseggerstrasse 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria. peterfilipp.fuchs@pccl.at.
Martin PfostChair of Energy Conversion, TU Dortmund University, Emil-Figge-Strasse 50, 44227 Dortmund, Germany. martin.pfost@tu-dortmund.de.
Frank WiesbrockPolymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Roseggerstrasse 12, 8700 Leoben, Austria. frank.wiesbrock@pccl.at.ORCID 0000-0002-6459-6136

Funding

Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft 862835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the design of the next generation of microelectronic packages, thermal management is one of the key aspects and must be met by the development of polymers with enhanced thermal conductivity. While all polymer classes show a very low thermal conductivity, this shortcoming can be compensated for by the addition of fillers, yielding polymer-based composite materials with high thermal conductivity. The inorganic fillers, however, are often available only in submicron- and micron-scaled dimensions and, consequently, can sediment during the curing reaction of the polymer matrix. In this study, an epoxy/amine resin was filled with nano- and submicron-scaled alumina particles, yielding a gradient composite. It was found that the thermal conductivity according to laser flash analysis of a sliced specimen ranged from 0.25 to 0.45 W·m

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alumina particlesepoxy/amine resingradient compositethermal conductivitythermal management

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PMID30961056
PMCPMC6403572

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