Advanced Thermal Interface Materials for Thermal Management

Wei Yu1,Email

Changqing Liu2

Lin Qiu3

Ping Zhang4

Weigang Ma5

Yanan Yue6

Huaqing Xie1

LeighAnn Sarah Larkin7

1 College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China

2 School of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang, Hunan, 422001, China

3 School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

4 School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China

5 Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

6 School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China

7 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 122 Engineer's Way, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4746, USA

Abstract

Suitable temperature is a necessary condition for the normal operation of many devices, especially microelectronic devices. Therefore, heat dissipation has become a bottleneck in many fields. Furthermore, the largest thermal resistance in the process of heat transfer occurs between two solid surfaces due to the poor thermal conductivity of air that exists in the gaps. Replacing air with thermal interface materials (TIMs) is the fundamental way to solve the problem of heat dissipation. Consequently, TIMs are widely used in LED lighting, solar energy, microelectronics, electrical and electrical engineering, aerospace, defense and other fields.