Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Metal microtextured thermal interface material (MMT-TIM) concept

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: (a) Unit cell model for an arbitrary MMT-TIM geometry, (b) the equivalent thermal circuit, and (c) finite element formulation of unit-cell

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: (a) Nominal feature geometry for baseline silver MMT-TIM Sample A, (b) photograph and SEM image of MMT-TIM Sample A, (c) representative 3D reconstructed geometry used in FE model

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Experimental values (o) and model prediction results (—) of compressive deformation of reconstructed MMT-TIM Sample A geometry

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: The range of length-scales present in MMT-TIMs

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Experimental values of the specific thermal resistance of MMT-TIM Sample A during deformation compared to model predictions neglecting contact resistance

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Experimental values of the effective thermal conductivity of MMT-TIM Sample A during deformation compared to model predictions with contact resistance neglected

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Measured specific electrical resistance of MMT-TIM Sample A during deformation

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Relationship between estimated specific thermal resistance (RcA) and measured specific electrical resistance (RecA) for MMT-TIM Sample A

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Experimental values and model predictions of effective thermal conductivity of MMT-TIM Sample A

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: (a) Nominal feature dimensions of MMT-TIM Sample B, (b) SEM image of MMT-TIM Sample B feature, (c) representative 3D reconstructed geometry used in FE model

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Experimental values and model predictions of effective thermal conductivity of MMT-TIM Sample B using either no thermal contact resistance or contact resistance as predicted using Eq. (10)

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: (a) SEM Image of MMT-TIM Sample C as seen from above, (b) reconstructed geometry of a unit-cell of MMT-TIM Sample C used in FE simulation shown in a perspective view

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Experimental values and model predictions of effective thermal conductivity of MMT-TIM Sample C during deformation

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Comparison of measured values of the effective thermal conductivity variation with compressive pressure

Date of download: 11/7/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Metal Microtextured Thermal Interface Materials J. Heat Transfer. 2013;136(1):011301-011301-11. doi:10.1115/1.4024737 Figure Legend: Contribution of bulk and contact thermal resistance to total thermal resistance of MMT-TIM Sample C during deformation (model predictions)