Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) or combustion synthesis (CS) is a
rapidly develo** research area. SHS materials are being used in various fields, including …

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 …

Multi material pairings like metal-plastic hybrid compounds are becoming increasingly
important across all industrial sectors. However, the substitution of metals by plastics leads …

In this Perspective, we provide an overview of the field of ultrafast electron microscopy
(UEM). We begin by briefly discussing the emergence of methods for probing ultrafast …

Reactive nanolaminates are a high-energy-density configuration for energetics that have
been widely studied for their tunable energy release rates. In this study, we characterized …

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

A class of non-detonating materials capable of highly exothermic reactions, referred to as
reactive materials (RMs), has been subjected to extensive recent studies. Examples include …

The extremely rapid gasless reactions in binary Ni/Al reactive multilayer nanofoils (RMNFs)
are investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The quenching technique is used to …