Nacre-inspired polymer composites with high thermal conductivity and enhanced mechanical strength

Polymer composites with high thermal conductivity are attracting increasing interest as thermal-management materials owing to material abundance, easy processing and low cost. However, conventional preparation of thermally conductive polymer composites through adding high-loading inorganic fillers usually suffers from poor mechanical properties. Here, inspired by the microstructure of natural nacre, we report on fine ordered Ag-BN/epoxy resin...