Issue 31, 2020

Emerging interface materials for electronics thermal management: experiments, modeling, and new opportunities

Abstract

Thermal management is becoming a critical technology challenge for modern electronics with decreasing device size and increasing power density. One key materials innovation is the development of advanced thermal interfaces in electronic packaging to enable efficient heat dissipation and improve device performance, which has attracted intensive research efforts from both academia and industry over the past several decades. Here we review the recent progress in both theory and experiment for developing high-performance thermal interface materials. First, the basic theories and computational frameworks for interface energy transport are discussed, ranging from atomistic interface scattering to multiscale disorders that contributed to thermal boundary resistance. Second, state-of-the-art experimental techniques including steady-state and transient thermal measurements are discussed and compared. Moreover, the important structure design, requirements, and property factors for thermal interface materials depending on different applications are summarized and exemplified with the recent literature. Finally, emerging new semiconductors and polymers with high thermal conductivity are briefly reviewed and opportunities for future research are discussed.

Graphical abstract: Emerging interface materials for electronics thermal management: experiments, modeling, and new opportunities

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
03 ⴽⵜⵓ 2019
Accepted
06 ⴷⵓⵊ 2019
First published
11 ⴷⵓⵊ 2019

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 10568-10586

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Emerging interface materials for electronics thermal management: experiments, modeling, and new opportunities

Y. Cui, M. Li and Y. Hu, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 10568 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC05415D

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