Energetic materials are the only attractive sources of " dormant " energy, enjoying long shelf life (decades), that can deliver quick on-demand bursts of energy in the form of heat and/or pressure. Among the large variety of energetic materials, reactive nanocomposites, based on exothermic thermite reactions, have attracted great attention over...
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November 26, 2017 (v1)Conference paperUploaded on: February 28, 2023
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April 2, 2018 (v1)Journal article
Sputter-deposited Al/CuO multilayers exhibit fast combustion reactions in which an exothermic chemical reaction wave -controlled by the migration of oxygen atoms from the oxide matrix towards the aluminum layers through interfacial layers- moves throughout the multilayer at subsonic rates (m/s to tens of m/s). We directly observed the...
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October 17, 2017 (v1)Journal article
Al/CuO energetic structure are attractive materials due to their high thermal output and propensity to produce gas. They are widely used to bond components or as next generation of MEMS igniters. In such systems, the reaction process is largely dominated by the outward migration of oxygen atoms from the CuO matrix toward the aluminum layers,...
Uploaded on: December 4, 2022