Experimental study of thermal conductivity of polyethylene nanowire arrays fabricated by the nanoporous template wetting technique

Cao Bing-Yang; Dong Ruo-Yu; Kong Jie; Chen Heng; Xu Yan; Yung Kai-Leung; Cai An

doi:10.7498/aps.61.046501

Abstract

We fabricate low-density polyethylene (LDPE) nanowire array with a diameter of 200 nm by using a nanoporous template wetting technique, and the thermal conductivity at 2080℃ is experimentally studied by a nanosecond laser flash method. The measured thermal conductivity of the fabricated nanowire array is about 2.2 W/mK at room temperature, which is about one order of magnitude higher than its bulk counterpart. The thermal conductivity is found to increase slightly with the increase of temperature. The estimated thermal conductivity of a single LDPE nanowire is as high as 5 W/mK at room temperature. The high orientation of chain of the LDPE nanowire may arise from the integrative effects of shear rate, vibrational perturbation, translocation, nanoconfinement and crystallization. Findings in this study provide a useful strategy for enhancing the intrinsic thermal properties of polymer nanostructures.

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Authors and contacts

1.
Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
2.
Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China;
3.
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;
4.
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50976052, 51136001), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, the Chun Hui Program of State Education Ministry (Grant No. Z2009-1-71004), the Aero-Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2009ZH53073), and the Funding from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Grant No.PolyU 5347/08E).

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[1]	Wang R Y, Segalman R A, Majumdar A 2006 Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 173113
[2]	Jin J Z, Manoharan M P, Wang Q, Haque M A 2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 033113
[3]	Losego M D, Moh L, Arpin K A, Cahill D G, Braun P V 2010 Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 011908
[4]	Chen G 2000 Int. J. Thermal Sci. 39 471
[5]	Liang X G 2007 Chin. Sci. Bull. 52 2457
[6]	Cao B Y, Li Y W 2010 J. Chem. Phys. 133 024106
[7]	Wang Z L, Guo L J, Tang D W, Zhu Y T 2008 Acta Phys. Sin. 57 3391 (in Chinese) [王照亮, 梁金国, 唐大伟, Zhu Y T 2008 物理学报 57 3391]
[8]	Hou Q W, Cao B Y, Guo Z Y 2009 Acta Phys. Sin. 58 7809 (in Chinese) [侯泉文, 曹炳阳, 过增元 2009 物理学报 58 7809]
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[12]	Henry A, Chen G 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 235502
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[23]	Xie H Q, Cai A, Wang X W 2007 Phys. Lett. A 369 120
[24]	Abdalla M, Dean D, Theodore M, Fielding J, Nyairo E, Price G 2010 Polymer 51 1614
[25]	Absi J, Smith D S, Nait-Ali B, Grandjean S, Berjonnaux J 2005 J. Euro. Ceram. Soc. 25 367
[26]	Degiovanni A 1977 Rev Gen Therm (France) 185 420
[27]	Lepri S, Livi R, Politi A 2003 Phys. Rep. 377 1
[28]	Dhar A 2008 Adv. Phys. 57 457
[29]	Venerus D C, Schieber J D, Balasubramanian V, Bush K, Smoukov S 2004 Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 098301
[30]	Marencic A P, Adamson D H, Chaikin P M, Register R A 2010 Phys. Rev. E 81 011503
[31]	Meller A 2003 J Phys: Condens Matter 15 R581
[32]	Garcia-Gutierrez M C, Linares A, Hernandez J J, Rueda J J, Ezquerra T A, Poza P, Davies R J 2010Nano Lett. 10 1472
[33]	Mahanandia P, Schneider J J, Khaneft M, Stuhn B, Peixoto T P, Drossel B 2010 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12 4407

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