Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1564184 | Computational Materials Science | 2007 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This work presents techniques to generate densely packed diamond-like particles, for example, as present in a metal matrix composite of Al, Cu, or Ag reinforced with single crystals of synthetic diamonds; as intended to be used for heat sinks or very efficient thermal conductors, spreaders, etc. Two different ways are described to predict the thermal conductivity of the composite: line tracing and surface-averaged Hasselman and Johnson. The effects of diamond volume fraction, size and, in particular, shapes on the composite thermal conductivity are discussed.
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Authors
J. Flaquer, A. Ríos, A. Martín-Meizoso, S. Nogales, H. Böhm,