I-Corps: Novel Greases Containing Carbon Nano Particles

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在各种潜在的工业和消费电子应用中更有效地进行热传递。更高效的热传递转化为更快的计算速度和输出。在一个电子产品变得越来越强大、容量不断增加的世界里，散热能力是一个重要的考虑因素。该平台技术具有作为高性能热润滑脂集成的潜力。一种可能的应用是作为计算机CPU润滑脂(或热糊、散热器化合物、散热器糊、热化合物、热凝胶、热界面材料或热糊)。类似的产品通常用作散热器和热源之间的接口。这个i-Corps项目进一步开发了一类包含纳米颗粒的新型润滑脂，以增强其性能。这是一种稳定、均匀的聚α-烯烃油中碳纳米管基润滑脂。润滑脂结构中的分子间范德华作用力和三维渗流网络是润滑脂稳定性的主要因素。这项工作建立在最近发现的一种方法的基础上，通过少量添加这些额外的添加剂，可以显著提高润滑脂的导电性和导热性。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is more efficient heat transfer in a variety of potential industrial and consumer electronics applications. More efficient heat transfer translates into greater computational speed and output. In a world where electronics are growing more powerful and are ever increasing in capacity, the ability to remove heat is a significant consideration. This platform technology has the potential to be integrated as a high performance thermal grease. One possible application is as a computer CPU grease (or heat paste, heat sink compound, heat sink paste, thermal compound, thermal gel, thermal interface material, or thermal paste). Similar products are commonly used as an interface between heat sinks and heat sources.This I-Corps project further develops a class of novel greases that incorporate nanoparticles to enhance their performance. Thesee are stable and homogeneous greases based on carbon nanotubes in polyalphaolefin oil. Inter molecular Van der Waals forces and three dimensional percolation networks in the grease structure are determined to be the stability of the grease. The work builds on a recent discovery of a way to significantly enhance the electrical and thermal conductivity of the grease by including these additional additives in small amounts.