A conductive additive is prepared by dispersing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on Cu powder by mechanical milling and is distributed in epoxy to enhance its electrical conductivity. During milling, the MWCNTs are dispersed and partially embedded on the surface of the Cu powder to provide electrically conductive pathways within the epoxy-based composite. The degree of dispersion of the MWCNTs is controlled by varying the milling medium and the milling time. The MWCNTs are found to be more homogeneously dispersed when solvents (particularly, non-polar solvent, i.e., NMP) are used. MWCNTs gradually disperse on the surface of Cu powder because of the plastic deformation of the ductile Cu powder. However, long-time milling is found to destroy the molecular structure of MWCNTs, instead of effectively dispersing the MWCNTs more uniformly. Thus, the epoxy composite film fabricated in this study exhibits a higher electrical conductivity than 1.1 S/cm.

Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Experimental
 3. Results and Discussion
 4. Conclusions
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• Minjae Lee(Seoul Science High School)
• Seoungjun Ha(Seoul Science High School)
• Yeonjoo Lee(Dept. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University)
• Haneul Jang(Dept. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University)
• Hyunjoo Choi(Dept. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University) Corresponding Author