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ArticleHeliyon2024

Preparation and performance of alumina/epoxy-siloxane composites: A comparative study on thermal- and photo-curing process.

Chan Soo Kim, Junho Jang, Hyeon-Gyun Im, Seogyoung Yoon, Dong Jun Kang

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chan Soo KimInsulation Materials Research Center, Electrical Materials Research Division, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), Changwon-si, 51543, Republic of Korea.
Junho JangInsulation Materials Research Center, Electrical Materials Research Division, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), Changwon-si, 51543, Republic of Korea.
Hyeon-Gyun ImInsulation Materials Research Center, Electrical Materials Research Division, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), Changwon-si, 51543, Republic of Korea.
Seogyoung YoonSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
Dong Jun KangInsulation Materials Research Center, Electrical Materials Research Division, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), Changwon-si, 51543, Republic of Korea.
Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute · KRPusan National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although epoxy-based composites that consist of inorganic fillers and matrixes are widely used in "conventional" electronic packaging applications due to their excellent insulation and robust properties, they limit their uses in "advanced electronic packaging" which requires enhanced thermal conductivity. However, conventional thermal curing methods for fabrication of epoxy-based composites do not fulfill sufficient thermal conductivity. Herein, we apply photo-induced curing strategy for fabricating alumina-incorporated epoxy-siloxane composites that consist of sol-gel derived siloxane matrix and bimodal sized alumina particles as a thermally conductive filler. We investigate how curing mechanism (thermal- or UV-curing) and varying the ratios of the alumina particles of two different sizes affect the various physical properties. It is found that photo-curing process makes greatly enhanced thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion, and high mechanical robustness compared to thermally-cured composites. As the results, we can achieve significantly enhanced thermal conductivity (>11 W/m K) with high thermal stability and mechanical robustness.

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Alumina particleElectronic packagingEpoxy-siloxane compositesThermal conductivity

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PMID38495185
PMCPMC10940936
OpenAlexW4392368519

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