A comparative study, including experiments and molecular dynamic simulation, of the
combustion waves in the Ni/Al multilayer reactive nanofoils reveals unknown mechanisms of …

The NiAl intermetallic compounds have higher service temperature and lower density than
traditional Ni-based super-alloy. In this work, for overcoming the fabricating bottleneck of …

The self-sustained propagating reaction occurring in nanometric metallic multilayers was
studied by means of molecular dynamics (MD) and numerical modeling. We focused on the …

In nanometric metallic multilayers such as Ni/Al, the alloying reaction proceeds in the form of
a propagating wave. We studied the different phase transformations involved in the reactive …

Mechanical initiation of reactions in powder systems involve complex interactions that can
yield unexpected results. Two materials that exhibit similar thermal responses can behave …

Using in-situ techniques, which couple energy dispersive spectroscopy mapping with a
heated transmission electron microscope stage, solid-state diffusion of Ni-Al is studied in the …

In this paper, various core-shell structured Al–Ni@ ECs composites have been prepared by
a spray-drying technique. The involved ECs refer to the energetic composites (ECs) of …

A reactive bridge of nanoscale Al/Ni multilayers, or nanolaminates, is a recent advance in
microscale thin-film initiator systems, potentially improving performances of explosive …

Reactive multilayer nano-foils possess high heat release and combustion temperature,
which makes them very attractive for advanced applications, such as materials joining …

Nanostructured bimetallic reactive multilayers can be conveniently produced by ball milling
of elemental powders. This research explores the non-equilibrium microscale conductive …