ABSTRACT

Keeping these factors in view, this chapter is focused on describing the thermal conduction processes in reinforced polymers starting from the matrix itself and continuing to the multiplication of the conduction path by inserting various types of nanollers. The most important theoretical models and measurement techniques used for thermal conductivity of lled polymers are reviewed. Current trends in manufacturing, such as producing multiphase materials with enhanced thermal conduction by controlling the nanoller-matrix interactions and composition, are presented in relation to heat dissipation purposes in electronics.