Organic and inorganic biocidal energetic materials for agent defeat weapons: An overview and research perspectives

AP Reverberi, VP Meshalkin, OB Butusov… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
A critical survey concerning biocidal energetics is proposed according to a classification
depending on their chemical structure. The need of optimizing the performances of such …

Polyiodo Azole-Based Metal–Organic Framework Energetic Biocidal Material for Synergetic Sterilization Applications

J Chang, J Xiong, H Jia, C He, S Pang… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biological hazards caused by bacteria, viruses, and toxins have become a major survival
and development issue facing the international community. However, the traditional method …

Ignition and Combustion Characteristics of Al/TiB2-Based Nanothermites: Effect of Bifuel Distribution

V Singh, T Wu, L Salvagnac, A Estève… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aluminum has demonstrated compelling attributes over decades of research, encompassing
affordability, abundance, and a high specific energy density when utilized as a fuel in …

An effective way to enhance energy output and combustion characteristics of Al/PTFE

J Wang, L Zhang, Y Mao, F Gong - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Reactive materials of aluminum (Al) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) are attracting
intense attention, which have been extensively developed owing to their high energy density …

Controlled reactivity of metastable n-Al@ Bi (IO3) 3 by employment of tea polyphenols as an interfacial layer

D Tang, S Chen, X Liu, W He, G Yang, PJ Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been demonstrated in this paper that the tea polyphenols (TP) can easily adhere to the
surface of particles through self-polymerization, even these particles are very hydrophobic …

Achieving superior ignition and combustion performance of Al/I2O5 biocidal nanoenergetic materials by CuO addition

T Wu, E Hagen, H Wang, DJ Kline, MR Zachariah… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
It was found that all iodine-containing biocidal energetic materials has a relatively long
ignition delay upon combustion. A shorter ignition time (from the thermal trigger to the peak …

Metastable intermixed Core-shell Al@ M (IO3) x nanocomposites with improved combustion efficiency by using tannic acid as a functional interfacial layer

DY Tang, J Lyu, W He, J Chen, G Yang, PJ Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
As is known to all, the nano-aluminum (n-Al) of metastable intermixed composites (MICs)
could be easily and slowly oxidized during long-term storage. Herein, a plant polyphenol …

Assessment of stoichiometric autocatalysis across element groups

Z Peng, ZR Adam, AC Fahrenbach… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Autocatalysis has been proposed to play critical roles during abiogenesis. These proposals
are at odds with a limited number of known examples of abiotic (and, in particular, inorganic) …

Pioneering insights into the superior performance of titanium as a fuel in energetic materials

T Wu, V Singh, B Julien, C Tenailleau, A Estève… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, for the first time, the spotlight was shined on in-depth understanding the reaction
mechanism of nanoTi-based thermite. It was found that adding nanoTi into thermite can …

Combustion enhancement of hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene by doping multiwall carbon nanotubes

S Chen, Y Tang, H Yu, X Guan, LT DeLuca, W Zhang… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) is extensively used in propulsion; however, it's
trapped in low regression rate, partly related to poor thermal transfer from combustion …