Integrated circuits having interconnects and heat dissipators based on nanostructures
The present invention relates to a heat dissipator that includes a conductive substrate and a plurality of nanostructures supported by the conductive substrate. The nanostructures are at least partly embedded in an insulator. Each of the nanostructures includes a plurality of intermediate layers on the conductive substrate. At least two of the plurality of intermediate layers are interdiffused, and material of the at least two of the plurality of intermediate layers that are interdiffused is present in the nanostructure.
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Research paper in the proceedings of NT11 International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 10–16, 2011.
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PhD thesis, Chalmers Univeristy of Technology, 2017.
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On-chip solid-state CMOS compatible micro-supercapacitors
Research paper published in the proceedings of 2018 IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), 2018, pp. 1382–1388.
Flip chip interconnects based on carbon nanofibers-solder composites
Research paper published in the proceedings of 2021 IEEE 71st Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), 2021, pp. 2229-2234.
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Research paper in the proceedings of MEMSWAVE 2014, La Rochelle, France, 30 June–2 July, 2014.