T. Kh. Salikhov, S. H. Tabarov, D. Rashidov, Sh. Tuichiev, A. Hussein, “Effect of C<nobr>$_{60}$</nobr> fullerene additions on the thermal conductivity of low-density polyethylene films”, Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2011, Volume 81, Issue 4,Pages <nobr>141

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Effect of C$_{60}$ fullerene additions on the thermal conductivity of low-density polyethylene films

T. Kh. Salikhov^ab, S. H. Tabarov^a, D. Rashidov^a, Sh. Tuichiev^a, A. Hussein^b

^a Tajik National University, Dushanbe
^b Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, Pakistan

Abstract: The thermal conductivity of LDPE + C$_{60}$ nanocomposites with a fullerene concentration up to 10 wt% is studied in the temperature range 20–80$^\circ$C. This conductivity is found to nonlinearly decrease with increasing fullerene concentration. The decrease in the thermal conductivity of the composites is considered to be caused by a decrease in the phonon mean free path as a result of an increase in the number of scattering centers. The temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity is found to have a maximum.

Received: 16.09.2010