Energetic materials, including explosives, pyrotechnics, and propellants, are widely used in
mining, demolition, automobile airbags, fireworks, ordnance, and space technology …

Explosives analysis has a significant practical application in the areas of national public
security, anti-terrorism, stability maintenance, criminal investigation, national defense and …

Optical ignition of solid energetic materials, which can rapidly release heat, gas, and thrust,
is still challenging due to the limited light absorption and high ignition energy of typical …

The performance of Al as nanoenergetic material in solid fuel propulsion or additive in liquid
fuels is limited by the presence of the native oxide layer at the surface, which represents a …

This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature for the analysis and detection of
explosives and explosives residues from 2016-2019 as a part of the 19 th Interpol …

This book discusses methods for the assessment of energetic compounds through heat of
detonation, detonation pressure, velocity and temperature, Gurney energy and power. The …

Extracting the maximum chemical energy from aluminum nanoparticles (Al NPs) during
oxidation is essential for their use in energetic applications. However, the shell of native …

Boron (B) is a promising fuel for energetic materials due to its high gravimetric and
volumetric energy density. The enhanced ignition and combustion of B in a thermite with …

Aluminum nanoparticles (nAl) have great potential for energetic applications. However, the
native oxide shell (amorphous alumina, Al 2 O 3) inhibits efficient energy release and acts …

Laser-induced air shock from energetic materials (LASEM) is a laboratory-scale method for
assessing the microsecond and millisecond timescale performance of conventional military …