Thermal interface compositions contain both non-electrically conductive
micron-sized fillers and electrically conductive nanoparticles blended
with a polymer matrix. Such compositions increase the bulk thermal
conductivity of the polymer composites as well as decrease thermal
interfacial resistances that exist between thermal interface materials
and the corresponding mating surfaces. Such compositions are electrically
non-conductive. Formulations containing nanoparticles also show less
phase separation of micron-sized particles than formulations without
nanoparticles.