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ArticleNature communications2021

Flexible thermal interface based on self-assembled boron arsenide for high-performance thermal management.

Ying Cui, Zihao Qin, Huan Wu, Man Li, Yongjie Hu

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Ying CuiDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Zihao QinDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Huan WuDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Man LiDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Yongjie HuDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. yhu@seas.ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7225-1130

Funding

ACS | American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS Petroleum Research Fund) 58206-DNI5Alfred P. Sloan Foundation FG-2019-11788National Science Foundation (NSF) DMR-1753393United States Department of Defense | United States Air Force | AFMC | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AF Office of Scientific Research) FA9550-17-1-0149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermal management is the most critical technology challenge for modern electronics. Recent key materials innovation focuses on developing advanced thermal interface of electronic packaging for achieving efficient heat dissipation. Here, for the first time we report a record-high performance thermal interface beyond the current state of the art, based on self-assembled manufacturing of cubic boron arsenide (s-BAs). The s-BAs exhibits highly desirable characteristics of high thermal conductivity up to 21 W/m·K and excellent elastic compliance similar to that of soft biological tissues down to 100 kPa through the rational design of BAs microcrystals in polymer composite. In addition, the s-BAs demonstrates high flexibility and preserves the high conductivity over at least 500 bending cycles, opening up new application opportunities for flexible thermal cooling. Moreover, we demonstrated device integration with power LEDs and measured a superior cooling performance of s-BAs beyond the current state of the art, by up to 45 °C reduction in the hot spot temperature. Together, this study demonstrates scalable manufacturing of a new generation of energy-efficient and flexible thermal interface that holds great promise for advanced thermal management of future integrated circuits and emerging applications such as wearable electronics and soft robotics.

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