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

Abstract The RDX, HMX, and AP are currently the most widely used energetic ingredients in
composite solid propellants, since the newly developed energetic compounds are still …

Ever since the research community highlighted the emission and sustainability aspects of
pure diesel in the transportation sector, then began the search of next prospective fuel …

In the era of nanoscience where all the devices and technologies are going to smaller and
smaller in size with improved properties; catalysis is an important field of application. In this …

Recent developments in materials processing and characterization resulted in the discovery
of a new type of reactive materials containing nanoscaled metal components. The well …

One of the challenges in the use of energetic nanoparticles within a polymer matrix is the
difficulty in processing by traditional mixing methods. In this paper, electrospray deposition is …

Nano-aluminium particles of∼ 50nm size, produced at this laboratory, are added to
composite solid propellants based on ammonium perchlorate and hydroxyl-terminated poly …

Highly stable aluminum nanoparticles (NPs) are generated via ablation of bulk Al in ethanol
using either femtosecond (fs) or picosecond (ps) laser sources. The colloidal NPs solutions …

Abstract Aluminum nanoparticles (Al NPs) are commonly employed as fuel supplement to
increase the energy density of propellants. However, due to the highly agglomerated state of …

In this work, we present a first time fabrication of thermite-based nanofiber mats with a
nitrocellulose composite energetic binder to create a new class of energetic 1D …