Metal-based nanoenergetic materials: synthesis, properties, and applications

D Sundaram, V Yang, RA Yetter - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metal particles are attractive candidate fuels for various propulsion and energy-conversion
applications, primarily due to their high energy densities. Micron-sized particles present …

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 …

The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

M Ilton, MS Bhamla, X Ma, SM Cox, LL Fitchett, Y Kim… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Mechanical power, whether for launched missiles or running humans, is
limited by the universal, physical trade-off between force and velocity. However, many …

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 …

Combustion synthesis in nanostructured reactive systems

AS Mukasyan, AS Rogachev, STR Aruna - Advanced Powder Technology, 2015 - Elsevier
New classes of reactive systems that are characterized by nano-scale heterogeneity and
possess extremely high reactivity, as compared to that for similar reactive systems with micro …

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 …

Facile formation of nitrocellulose-coated Al/Bi2O3 nanothermites with excellent energy output and improved electrostatic discharge safety

J Dai, J Xu, F Wang, Y Tai, Y Shen, R Shen, Y Ye - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanothermites are attracting much attention for energetic applications. However, they suffer
from high electrostatic discharge (ESD) sensitivity which makes their handling hazardous …

Atomic scale insights into the first reaction stages prior to Al/CuO nanothermite ignition: influence of porosity

H Jabraoui, A Esteve, M Schoenitz… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This theoretical work aims to understand the influence of nanopores at CuO–Al
nanothermite interfaces on the initial stage of thermite reaction. ReaxFF molecular dynamics …

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 …

Fabrication of high electrostatic safety metastable Al/CuO nanocomposites doped with nitro-functionalized graphene with fast initiation ability and tunable reaction …

Y Wang, F Li, Y Shen, C Wang, Z Zhang, J Xu, Y Ye… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inspired by the crucial role of the carbon materials in tuning the reactivity of energetic
materials, in this paper, nitrated graphene oxide (NGO) was endowed as an additive, and its …