Measuring thermal conductivity of polystyrene nanowires using the dual-cantilever technique
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- 1 October 2014
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 85 (10) , 104901
Abstract
Thermal conductance measurements are performed on individual polystyrene nanowires using a novel measurement technique in which the wires are suspended between two bi-material microcantilever sensors. The nanowires are fabricated via electrospinning process. Thermal conductivity of the nanowire samples is found to be between 6.6 and 14.4 W m−1 K−1 depending on sample, a significant increase above typical bulk conductivity values for polystyrene. The high strain rates characteristic of electrospinning are believed to lead to alignment of molecular polymer chains, and hence the increase in thermal conductivity, along the axis of the nanowire.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Science Foundation (CBET-1236165)
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