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 …

Synthesis of Co (OH) F@ Al nanobelt array on various substrates for pyro-MEMS

Y Li, X Chen, L Zhang, R Han, I Hussain, X Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metastable intermolecular composites (MICs) composed by solid fuel and oxidizer can
undergo violent redox reaction with release of huge amount of energy. Integration of MIC …

Energetic metastable Al/CuO/PVDF/RDX microspheres with enhanced combustion performance

L **ao, L Zhao, X Ke, T Zhang, G Hao, Y Hu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanothermites have a promising study in micro propellant due to its faster reaction rate,
higher energy-release efficiency, and significantly enhanced combustion performance …

Initial stage of titanium oxidation in Ti/CuO thermites: a molecular dynamics study using ReaxFF forcefields

H Jabraoui, A Estève, S Hong, C Rossi - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The paper elucidates the main driving mechanisms at play during the early stage of the
Ti/CuO thermite reaction using reactive forcefields in the frame of molecular dynamics …

Reactivity adjustment from the contact extent between CuO and Al phases in nanothermites

Y Chen, W Ren, Z Zheng, G Wu, B Hu, J Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of nanothermites with adjustable reactivity has always been the research
hotspot in the field of energetic materials, and its key issue is to control the interfacial contact …

A microscale regulation strategy for strong, tough, and efficiently self-healing energetic adhesives

J Yang, X Zhou, J Yang, J Chen, Z Sun, Y Cheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In general, robust mechanical properties require a stable strong physical or covalent
network inside the polymer, limiting the mobility of molecular chains and the dynamics of …

Comprehending the influence of the particle size and stoichiometry on Al/CuO thermite combustion in close bomb: A theoretical study

E Tichtchenko, B Bédat, O Simonin… - Propellants …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The paper is a theoretical exploration of complex Al/CuO thermite combustion processes,
using a zero‐dimensional (0D) model which integrates both condensed phase and gas …

Fabrication and reaction mechanism study of Co (OH) F@ Al nanowire arrays: A functional fluorine-containing metastable intermolecular composite

Y Li, K Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Metastable intermolecular composites (MICs) comprising solid fuels and oxidizers at nano-
scale exhibit high energy densities and fast reaction speeds. As most metal and metalloid …

Tuning the reactivity and combustion characteristics of PTFE/Al through carbon nanotubes and grapheme

J Wang, C Zeng, C Zhan, L Zhang - Thermochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoenergetic composites composed of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and fuel
(Aluminum) have potential applications in the military and civilian fields owing to high …

Preparation and reactive performances of Al/Co3O4/CoF2 metastable intermolecular composites

Y Li, K Meng, M Tian, L Zhang, X Ma, K Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Metastable intermolecular composites (MICs) typically use Al as fuel and transition metal
oxides as oxidizers, while their reactivities are hindered by the inert Al 2 O 3 passivation …