Anisotropic thermal properties of single-wall-carbon-nanotube-reinforced nanoceramics

  • Guo Dong Zhan
  • , Joshua D. Kuntz
  • , Hsin Wang
  • , Chong Min Wang
  • , Amiya K. Mukherjee

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    Abstract

    Dense single-wall-carbon-nanotube-(SWCNT)-reinforced alumina nanocomposites have been fabricated by a novel spark-plasma-sintering technique. Anisotropic thermal properties have been found in carbon nanotube composites. The introduction of ropes of SWCNTs gives rise to a decrease in the transverse thermal diffusivity with increasing carbon nanotube content while it does not change the in-plane thermal diffusivity. This is scientifically interesting and technologically important for the development of materials for novel thermal barrier coatings.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)419-423
    Number of pages5
    JournalPhilosophical Magazine Letters
    Volume84
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 2004

    Funding

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This investigation was supported by three sources: the grant G-DAAD 19-00-1-0185 from US Army Research Office with Dr. William Mullins as the Program Manager, the High Temperature Materials Laboratory proposal 2003-025 by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the EMSL proposal 3385 by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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