Metal particles are attractive candidate fuels for various propulsion and energy-conversion
applications, primarily due to their high energy densities. Micron-sized particles present …

Reactive multilayer thin films are a class of energetic materials that continue to attract
attention for use in joining applications and as igniters. Generally composed of two …

Nanotechnology has stimulated revolutionary advances in many scientific and industrial
fields, particularly in energetic materials. Powder mixing is the simplest and most traditional …

This book summarizes the state of the art in combustion synthesis of advanced materials. It
is a first attempt to summarize and critically review in one monograph the mechanisms of …

Combustion behavior of energetic composite materials was experimentally examined for the
purpose of evaluating the unique properties of nano‐scale compared with traditional micron …

Exothermic reactions can self-propagate rapidly in multilayered foils, and the properties of
these reactions depend strongly on the heat of reaction, the average atomic diffusion …

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 …

The current status of research in the field of combustion of heterogeneous nanostructural
systems is reviewed. Four classes of reactive media are considered: nanothermites, sol …

Self-propagating reactions in Al/Ni nanostructured multilayer foils are examined both
experimentally and computationally to determine the impact of variations in reactant spacing …

We have joined titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) specimens at room temperature and in air by using
free-standing nanostructured Al∕ Ni multilayer foils to melt a silver-based braze. The foils …