On the synthesis and thermal conductivity of nanocomposites with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Abstract

A method for growing arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and synthesizing a polymer composite based on vertically aligned, horizontally aligned, and unaligned carbon nanotubes is described. The thermal conductivity of polymer composites is studied by the laser-flash method. It is found that filling of the polymer with vertically aligned carbon nanotubes leads to an increase in the thermal conductivity coefficient of the epoxy resin by a factor of 10 and more.