Gasgoo News Anyone who puts their phone in a hot car knows that electronic devices shut down when they overheat. According to foreign media reports, researchers at Northeastern University have developed a new lightweight plastic-ceramic composite material that conducts heat and cools advanced electronic devices more effectively.
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“Heat management is a huge challenge for devices such as power electronics and radar antennas,” said Professor Randall Erb, head of the Oriented Assembly Particles and Suspensions (DAPS) Laboratory at Northeastern University and principal investigator of the project. “When electronic devices overheat, you either slow down their operation speed or turn them off. This may be fine for phones, but not for critical systems like radar. ”
Researchers at Northeastern University have teamed up with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop a material that combines ceramics, polymers and additives to form a 3D-printable plastic composite. It has a unique nanoscale ordered internal structure that allows heat to pass through easily.
