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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Interface Science
  • Thermal Engineering

Background:

  • Interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) is critical for electronic packaging, sensors, and medicine.
  • Achieving both high adhesion energy and phonon spectra match simultaneously to reduce ITR at soft/hard interfaces is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design an elastomer composite that optimizes both adhesion energy and phonon spectra match for reduced ITR.
  • To develop a model correlating adhesion energy and ITR.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of an elastomer composite using a polyurethane-thioctic acid copolymer and microscale spherical aluminum.
  • Characterization of interfacial properties, including adhesion energy and ITR.
  • Development of a physically based model to link adhesion energy and ITR.

Main Results:

  • The developed composite demonstrated high adhesion energy (>1000 J/m²) and good phonon spectra match with hard materials.
  • Achieved a significantly low interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) of 0.03 mm²·K/W.
  • The quantitative model confirmed the crucial role of adhesion energy in determining ITR.

Conclusions:

  • The engineered elastomer composite effectively reduces ITR at soft/hard interfaces by optimizing adhesion energy and phonon spectra match.
  • The developed model provides a framework for designing interfaces with tailored thermal properties.
  • This approach offers a new strategy for interface engineering, potentially shifting paradigm in interface science.