Additive manufacturing of energetic materials: Tailoring energetic performance via printing

N Chen, C He, S Pang - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM), also called three-dimensional (3D) printing, has been
developed to obtain energetic materials within the past decade. 3D printing represents a …

Joining and welding with a nanothermite and exothermic bonding using reactive multi-nanolayers–A review

DMB Dombroski, A Wang, JZ Wen, M Alfano - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Joining and welding using a nanothermite is a matter of exercising control to introduce the
energy needed to perform the weld at a required rate and duration sufficient to reach the …

Effects of oxidizer and architecture on the thermochemical reactivity, laser ignition and combustion properties of nanothermite

W Wang, H Li, M Zhang, F Zhao, S Xu, C Wang, Z Qin… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Energetic materials have been widely employed in both military and aerospace fields.
Nanothermite has superior energy properties and better combustion performance compared …

Sponge-like Al/PVDF films with laser sensitivity and high combustion performance prepared by rapid phase inversion

S Chen, H Yu, W Zhang, R Shen, W Guo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aluminum-fluorine reaction hold great potential in crippling Al pre-combustion sintering
and agglomeration during combustion. Herein, the laser-sensitive Al/PVDF fuel rich films …

Carbon fibers enhance the propagation of high loading nanothermites: in situ observation of microscopic combustion

H Wang, DJ Kline, MC Rehwoldt… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A major challenge in formulating and manufacturing energetic materials lies in the balance
between total energy density, energy release rate, and mechanical integrity. In this work …

Recent trends in nanothermites: Fabrication, characteristics and applications

S Kabra, S Gharde, PM Gore, S Jain, VH Khire… - Nano …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Energetic materials (EMs) are a group of distinctive materials that release an enormous
amount of amassed chemical energy in a short time when incited by external mechanical or …

Microstructure and energetic characteristics of direct ink printed polymer-free rGO/nanothermite aerogel

A Wang, CJ MacRobbie, A Baranovsky, JP Hickey… - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerogel, being extremely light and porous, is desirable for various applications of energetics
such as a self-destructive microchip component. Additive manufacturing often requires a …

Reactivity regulation of B/KNO3/PVDF energetic sticks prepared by direct ink writing

C Li, H Song, C Xu, C Li, J Jing, B Ye, J Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Boron/potassium nitrate (B/KNO 3, BPN) is a promising intermolecular energetic complex
with a high calorific value. The powder integration and reactivity regulation mechanism of …

Rheological, Ballistic, and Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed, Photocured Composite Propellants

J Lajoie, J Blocker, T Sippel - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
This study explores the rheological, mechanical, and ballistic properties of printed
ammonium perchlorate composite propellant at 82.5% solids loading with binders curable …

Aluminum/lead tetroxide nanothermites for semiconductor bridge applications

C Yu, Z Zheng, B Gu, Y Chen, J Xu, L Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewed interest in exploiting the full potential of nanothermites has been observed,
considering that typical nanothermite powders are prone to get agglomerated and react …