We have measured the thermal resistance of a -diameter carbon nanofiber before and after a platinum layer was deposited on the contacts between the nanofiber and the measurement device. The contact resistance was reduced by the platinum coating for about 9–13% of the total thermal resistance of the nanofiber sample before the platinum coating. At a temperature of , the axial thermal conductivity of the carbon nanofiber is about three times smaller than that of graphite fibers grown by pyrolysis of natural gas prior to high-temperature heat treatment, and increases with temperature in the temperature range between and . The phonon mean free path was found to be about and approximately temperature-independent. This feature and the absence of a peak in the thermal conductivity curve indicate that phonon-boundary and phonon-defect scattering dominate over phonon-phonon Umklapp scattering for the temperature range.
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Thermal Contact Resistance and Thermal Conductivity of a Carbon Nanofiber
Choongho Yu,
Choongho Yu
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
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Sanjoy Saha,
Sanjoy Saha
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
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Jianhua Zhou,
Jianhua Zhou
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
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Li Shi,
Li Shi
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
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Alan M. Cassell,
Alan M. Cassell
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035
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Brett A. Cruden,
Brett A. Cruden
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035
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Quoc Ngo,
Quoc Ngo
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035
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Jun Li
Jun Li
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035
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Choongho Yu
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
Sanjoy Saha
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
Jianhua Zhou
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
Li Shi
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin
, Austin, Texas 78712
Alan M. Cassell
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Brett A. Cruden
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Quoc Ngo
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Jun Li
Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center
, Moffett Field, CA 94035J. Heat Transfer. Mar 2006, 128(3): 234-239 (6 pages)
Published Online: September 18, 2005
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December 20, 2004
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September 18, 2005
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Yu, C., Saha, S., Zhou, J., Shi, L., Cassell, A. M., Cruden, B. A., Ngo, Q., and Li, J. (September 18, 2005). "Thermal Contact Resistance and Thermal Conductivity of a Carbon Nanofiber." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. March 2006; 128(3): 234–239. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2150833
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