Nanostructured energetic composites: synthesis, ignition/combustion modeling, and applications

X Zhou, M Torabi, J Lu, R Shen… - ACS applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has stimulated revolutionary advances in many scientific and industrial
fields, particularly in energetic materials. Powder mixing is the simplest and most traditional …

Progress in additive manufacturing of energetic materials: Creating the reactive microstructures with high potential of applications

NV Muravyev, KA Monogarov… - Propellants …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The modern “energetic‐on‐a‐chip” trend envisages reducing size and cost while increasing
safety and maintaining the performance of energetic articles. However, the fabrication of …

Self-destructive microchip: Support-free energetic film of BiOBr/Al/Bi2O3 nanothermites and its destructive performance

H Yang, Z Qiao, W Wang, P Tang, S Man, X Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Private information protection of electronic chips which store large amounts of sensitive data,
is a crucial issue in electromechanical systems nowadays. Here, a self-destructive microchip …

A versatile self-assembly approach toward high performance nanoenergetic composite using functionalized graphene

R Thiruvengadathan, SW Chung, S Basuray… - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Exploiting the functionalization chemistry of graphene, long-range electrostatic and short-
range covalent interactions were harnessed to produce multifunctional energetic materials …

Elucidating the effect of nitrocellulose-encapsulated MgAl–CuO on the thermal behavior of double base propellant based on nitrocellulose and diethylene glycol …

M Dourari, AF Tarchoun, D Trache, A Abdelaziz… - Reaction Kinetics …, 2023 - Springer
This study aims to elucidate the potential effect of encapsulated nanothermite on the
characteristics and thermo-kinetic features of double base NC/DEGDN propellant …

Laser ignited combustion of graphene oxide/nitrocellulose membranes for solid propellant micro thruster and solar water distillation

C Liu, X Li, R Li, Q Yang, H Zhang, B Yang, G Yang - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Laser ignited combustions are challenging owing to high ignition threshold, poor
combustion propagating of the typical energetic materials, eg, nitrocellulose (NC). Here …

New insights into the mechanisms of TiB2 (001) thermal oxidation combining molecular dynamics and density functional theory calculations

H Jabraoui, A Alpuche, C Rossi, A Esteve - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Using reactive force field molecular dynamics and Density Functional Theory, this study
unravels the early stages of TiB 2 oxidation. Overall, it is found that the TiB 2 boron sheets …

Superior performance of a MEMS-based solid propellant microthruster (SPM) array with nanothermites

C Ru, F Wang, J Xu, J Dai, Y Shen, Y Ye, P Zhu… - Microsystem …, 2017 - Springer
We propose top ignition MEMS-based solid propellant microthruster (SPM) array to satisfy
the precise propulsion requirements of small spacecraft, especially micro/nanosatellites. A …

Initial stage of titanium oxidation in Ti/CuO thermites: a molecular dynamics study using ReaxFF forcefields

H Jabraoui, A Estève, S Hong, C Rossi - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The paper elucidates the main driving mechanisms at play during the early stage of the
Ti/CuO thermite reaction using reactive forcefields in the frame of molecular dynamics …

Quo vadis, nanothermite? A review of recent progress

M Polis, A Stolarczyk, K Glosz, T Jarosz - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the groups of pyrotechnic compositions is thermite compositions, so-called thermites,
which consist of an oxidant, usually in the form of a metal oxide or salt, and a free metal …