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Review

Influence of Nanoparticles on Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Composites

by
Divan Coetzee
1,
Mohanapriya Venkataraman
1,*,
Jiri Militky
1 and
Michal Petru
2
1
Department of Material Engineering, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic
2
Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Department of Machinery Construction, Technical University of Liberec, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic
*
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Polymers 2020, 12(4), 742; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12040742
Submission received: 3 February 2020 / Revised: 17 March 2020 / Accepted: 17 March 2020 / Published: 27 March 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Damage Mechanics of Polymer Composites)
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This review analyzes thermal and electrically conductive properties of composites and how they can be influenced by the addition of special nanoparticles. Composite functional characteristics—such as thermal and electrical conductivity, phase changes, dimensional stability, magnetization, and modulus increase—are tuned by selecting suitable nanoparticle filler material. The conductivity of composites can be related to the formation of conductive pathways as nanofiller materials form connections in the bulk of a composite matrix. With increasing use of nanomaterial containing composites and relatively little understanding of the toxicological effects thereof, adequate disposal and recyclability have become an increasing environmental concern.
Keywords: nanoparticles; Seebeck effect; thermal conductivity; electrical conductivity; metal nanoparticles; carbon nanoparticles; composite recycling nanoparticles; Seebeck effect; thermal conductivity; electrical conductivity; metal nanoparticles; carbon nanoparticles; composite recycling

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Coetzee, D.; Venkataraman, M.; Militky, J.; Petru, M. Influence of Nanoparticles on Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Composites. Polymers 2020, 12, 742. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12040742

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Coetzee D, Venkataraman M, Militky J, Petru M. Influence of Nanoparticles on Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Composites. Polymers. 2020; 12(4):742. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12040742

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Coetzee, Divan, Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Jiri Militky, and Michal Petru. 2020. "Influence of Nanoparticles on Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Composites" Polymers 12, no. 4: 742. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12040742

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Coetzee, D., Venkataraman, M., Militky, J., & Petru, M. (2020). Influence of Nanoparticles on Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Composites. Polymers, 12(4), 742. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12040742

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