Polymer/boron nitride nanocomposite materials for superior thermal transport performance

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Jun 25;51(26):6498-501. doi: 10.1002/anie.201201689. Epub 2012 May 15.

Abstract

Boron nitride nanosheets were dispersed in polymers to give composite films with excellent thermal transport performances approaching the record values found in polymer/graphene nanocomposites. Similarly high performance at lower BN loadings was achieved by aligning the nanosheets in poly(vinyl alcohol) matrix by simple mechanical stretching (see picture).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Boron Compounds / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Nanocomposites / ultrastructure
  • Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

  • Boron Compounds
  • Polymers
  • boron nitride