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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Electronics Engineering

Background:

  • Effective heat dissipation is crucial for high-performance electronics.
  • Electronic pastes are a key solution for thermal management.
  • Developing advanced materials for pastes is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize silver nanoparticles/multi-walled carbon nanotube (Ag-NPs/MWCNT) composites.
  • To modify electronic pastes with these novel composites.
  • To evaluate the impact on thermal conductivity and material properties.

Main Methods:

  • Chemical synthesis of Ag-NPs/MWCNT composites.
  • Micromorphology and spectral analysis (e.g., FESEM).
  • Thermal conductivity, thermogravimetry (TG) analyses of modified pastes.

Main Results:

  • Ag-NPs uniformly distributed on MWCNTs (average size 8.29 nm).
  • Improved connectivity of silver flakes in the paste via Ag-NPs/MWCNTs.
  • Enhanced thermal conductivity from 0.73 to 0.96 W m-1 K-1.
  • Observed increase in weight loss with composite addition.

Conclusions:

  • Ag-NPs/MWCNT composites effectively improve silver-epoxy paste thermal conductivity.
  • The enhanced paste is suitable for high-performance electronic applications.
  • Further investigation into weight loss is warranted.