Applications of Carbon Nanomaterials as Electrical Interconnects and Thermal Interface Materials

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A brief review on CNT structure, electrical property, heat transport, and synthesis methods, CNT applications as electrical interconnects and TIMs, CNT integration into circuits and packaging, with focus on CNT transfer technology, are presented. In comparison with CNT/polymer composites, nanographite/polymer composites are more promising for TIM applications, which is discussed together with current thermal measurement techniques, commercialized and non-commercialized.

Keywords

Carbon nanotubes Graphene Thermal interface materials Nano interconnect Thermal property measurements 
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  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUSA

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