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Cover Image, Volume 131, Issue 8
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.40262
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , thermal conductivity , filler (materials) , composite number , volume (thermodynamics) , polymer , materials science , composite material , conductivity , polymer science , computer science , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
Composite plastics of high thermal conductivity can be obtained by adding fillers of high thermal conductivity to base materials. While previous research has focused on increasing the filler content and thus the thermal conductivity, Li‐Zhi Zhang et al. focus on the optimization of filler shapes used to augment the heat conductivity of composite polymers. The cover shows temperature contours in the composite material with double‐Y‐shaped fillers, which are found to the best choice for composite materials in which the fillers are distributed randomly. This provides a new way for the conductivity augmentation of polymers. DOI: 10.1002/app.39550