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ScienceDaily · 04/04/2025 12:24 EDT

Polymers with flawed fillers boost heat transfer in plastics

In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices -- ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent at dissipating heat -- a team of researchers made a discovery: imperfection has its upsides.

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