Thermal Conductivity of a Conducting Polymer Nanowire
Overview
Hsin-Che Chien 簡歆哲, Guo-Zheng Zhong 鍾國正 & Wei-Tzu Peng 彭尉祖
Bulk polymers are generally regarded as thermal insulators, and typically have thermal conductivities on the order of 0.1 . However, recent work suggests that some conducting polymer can have extremely high thermal conductivity in nanoscale, because the amorphous region of polymer nanowire can be partially transformed to become crystalline.
Bulk polymers are generally regarded as thermal insulators, and typically have thermal conductivities on the order of 0.1 . However, recent work suggests that some conducting polymer can have extremely high thermal conductivity in nanoscale, because the amorphous region of polymer nanowire can be partially transformed to become crystalline.
Current work
First we make a MEMS device used for the measurement of nanowire thermal conductivity and other transport properties, then we use the lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE) process to prepare the nanowire.