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Engineering Nonporous Polymer Hybrids with Suppressed Heat Conduction and Enhanced Flame Retardancy via Molecular and Filler Design

Year: 2025

Type: preprint

Abstract: This study presents a new strategy for achieving ultralow thermal conductivity in nonporous polymer/organic filler hybrids by suppressing heat capacity through tailored atomic vibrations to enhance thermal insulation. Unlike conventional polymer/inorganic filler hybrids, these hybrids exhibit interfacial thermal resistance one to three orders of magnitude lower. Combined experiments and simulations uncover thermal transport mechanisms. These hybrids demonstrate enhanced flame retardancy. Please see the abstract in the attached PDF.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2510.12124

Authors: Worden, Henry, Chandra, Mihir, Zhou, Yijie, Bhuiyan, Zarif Ahmad Razin, Cheng, Mouyang, Munusamy, Krishnamurthy, Hu, Weiguo, Yan, Weibo, Wu, Siyu, Li, Ruipeng, Chatterji, Anna, Emrick, Todd, Liu, Jun, Xu, Yanfei

Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, North Carolina State University

Language: English

Topic: Thermal properties of materials

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Johns Hopkins University, Office of Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems

Awards: G1697935980, G4199123365, CAREER: Pushing the Lower Limit of Thermal Conductivity in Layered Materials, PIPP Phase I: Predicting and Preventing Epidemic to Pandemic Transitions, G7092975529, Ascertaining Block Copolymer Nanodomain-Guided Protein Adsorption and Surface Assembly Characteristics Towards Creating Functional Protein Constructs, Understanding Thermal Transport Properties in Electrically Conductive Polymers

OpenAlex ID: W4415262018

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