Science Daily  March 30, 2018 Previously engineered ultradrawn nanofibers from a standard sample of polyethylene could only dissipate heat along the length of each polymer chain. A team of researchers in the US (MIT, Argonne National Laboratory) developed a new way to engineer a polymer conductor using oxidative chemical vapor deposition, whereby two vapors are directed into a chamber and onto a substrate, where they interact and form a film creating rigid chains of polymers, rather than the twisted, spaghetti-like strands in normal polymers. 2 square centimeter samples they produced were able to conduct heat at about 2 watts per […]