Metal fuels, as recyclable carriers of clean energy, are promising alternatives to fossil fuels
in a future low-carbon economy. Fossil fuels are a convenient and widely-available source …

Highly reactive metastable intermixed composites (MICs) have attracted much attention in
the past decades. The MIC family of materials mainly includes traditional metal‐based …

Energetic thin films with high mass loadings of nanosized components have been recently
fabricated using electrospray deposition. These films are composed of aluminum …

Aluminum (Al) is a widely used metal fuel for energetic applications ranging from space
propulsion and exploration, and materials processing, to power generation for nano-and …

Combustion is a kind of reacting process involves fluid mechanics and chemical reactions at
the same time. In the past decades, little attention has been paid to the improvement on the …

Aluminum powder is widely used in the field of propellants and explosives due to its high
energy density. However, the dense oxide film on its surface will hinder the combustion of …

Aluminum based energetic nanomaterials attract significant attention for various applications
owing to their ultrahigh energy density. The main obstacle in the application of nano-Al …

In this study, to improve the safety in the preparation process of energetic materials, vacuum
freeze-drying technology is applied to develop nanoenergetic thin films in which Al …

Metal combustion reaction is highly exothermic and is used in energetic applications, such
as propulsion, pyrotechnics, powering micro-and nano-devices, and nanomaterials …

Recently fluoropolymers are of great interest as an oxidative binder and modifier in Al-based
metastable intermixed composites (MICs) due to the high heat of reaction between Al-F and …