@inproceedings{31133,
  keywords = {Thermal conductivity, Thermal diffusivity, Scattering, Nanowires, Composite materials, Nanocomposites, Phonons, Predictive models, Aligned microfibers, Aligned nanofiber, Aluminium compounds, Analytical model, Analytical models, Bismuth compounds, Boltzmann equation, Boltzmann transport equation, Fiber interface, Fibre reinforced composites, Nanofiber-based nanocomposite, Numerical models, Phonon dispersion relations, Phonons scattering, Tellurium compounds, Wires},
  author = {Ravi S Prasher and S Sinha},
  title = {Modeling of thermal conductivity of nanofiber-based nanocomposite},
  abstract = {<p><span>Two-dimensional composite materials made from aligned nano- and micro-fibers and wires hold great promise for various applications. We develop an analytical model for the thermal conductivity in the longitudinal direction of these composites by solving the phonon Boltzmann transport equation. The analytical model agrees well with a recently reported numerical model. The solution of Boltzmann transport equation shows that the scattering of phonons in the host medium at the fiber interface reduces the thermal conductivity of the host medium. Finally we show that the model predicts the data on the thermal diffusivity of bismuth-telluride nanowire/alumina composites reasonably</span></p>},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Thermal and Thermomechanical Proceedings 10th Intersociety Conference on Phenomena in Electronics Systems, 2006. ITHERM 2006.},
  pages = {12 pp.–1256},
  month = {07/2006},
  doi = {10.1109/ITHERM.2006.1645488},
  language = {eng},
}