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dc.contributor.authorXu, Yanfei
dc.contributor.authorKraemer, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSong, Bai
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Jiawei
dc.contributor.authorLoomis, James
dc.contributor.authorWang, Jianjian
dc.contributor.authorLi, Mingda
dc.contributor.authorGhasemi, Hadi
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Xiaopeng
dc.contributor.authorLi, Xiaobo
dc.contributor.authorChen, Gang
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-13T18:37:46Z
dc.date.available2020-04-13T18:37:46Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-16
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124597
dc.description.abstractDue to their unique properties, polymers – typically thermal insulators – can open up opportunities for advanced thermal management when they are transformed into thermal conductors. Recent studies have shown polymers can achieve high thermal conductivity, but the transport mechanisms have yet to be elucidated. Here we report polyethylene films with a high thermal conductivity of 62 Wm −1 K −1 , over two orders-of-magnitude greater than that of typical polymers (~0.1 Wm −1 K −1 ) and exceeding that of many metals and ceramics. Structural studies and thermal modeling reveal that the film consists of nanofibers with crystalline and amorphous regions, and the amorphous region has a remarkably high thermal conductivity, over ~16 Wm −1 K −1 . This work lays the foundation for rational design and synthesis of thermally conductive polymers for thermal management, particularly when flexible, lightweight, chemically inert, and electrically insulating thermal conductors are required.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy/Advanced Manufacturing Program (Award DE-EE0005756)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Department of Energy. Office of Science (Contract DE-AC02-06CH11357)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Department of Energy. Basic Energy Science (Award DE-FG02-02ER45977)en_US
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1038/s41467-019-09697-7en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceNatureen_US
dc.subjectGeneral Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biologyen_US
dc.subjectGeneral Physics and Astronomyen_US
dc.subjectGeneral Chemistryen_US
dc.titleNanostructured polymer films with metal-like thermal conductivityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationXu, Yanfei et al. "Nanostructured polymer films with metal-like thermal conductivity." Nature communications 10 (2019): 1771 © 2019 The Author(s)en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.journalNature communicationsen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T14:21:31Z
dspace.date.submission2020-02-06T14:21:34Z
mit.journal.volume10en_US
mit.journal.issue1en_US
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CC
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