TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of the interface on the properties of composite media
AU - Torquato, S.
AU - Rintoul, M. D.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - We develop rigorous bounds on the effective thermal conductivity e of dispersions that are given in terms of the phase contrast between the inclusions and matrix, the interface strength, volume fraction, and higher-order morphological information, including interfacial statistics. The new bounds give remarkably accurate predictions of the thermal conductivity of dispersions of metallic particles in epoxy matrices for various values of the Kapitza resistance. Corresponding results are obtained for the novel situation in which the inclusions possess a superconducting interface.
AB - We develop rigorous bounds on the effective thermal conductivity e of dispersions that are given in terms of the phase contrast between the inclusions and matrix, the interface strength, volume fraction, and higher-order morphological information, including interfacial statistics. The new bounds give remarkably accurate predictions of the thermal conductivity of dispersions of metallic particles in epoxy matrices for various values of the Kapitza resistance. Corresponding results are obtained for the novel situation in which the inclusions possess a superconducting interface.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4067
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4067
M3 - Article
C2 - 10059806
AN - SCOPUS:0000756727
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 75
SP - 4067
EP - 4070
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 22
ER -