Recent developments in materials processing and characterization resulted in the discovery
of a new type of reactive materials containing nanoscaled metal components. The well …

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 …

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 …

Exothermic reactions can self-propagate rapidly in multilayered foils, and the properties of
these reactions depend strongly on the heat of reaction, the average atomic diffusion …

We describe the joining of stainless-steel specimens at room temperature using free-
standing Al/Ni foils as local heat sources for melting AuSn solder layers. The foils contain …

Combustible multilayer foils can be fabricated by sputter depositing alternate layers of
materials which react exothermically during thermally induced intermixing. Current models …

The current status of research in the field of combustion of heterogeneous nanostructural
systems is reviewed. Four classes of reactive media are considered: nanothermites, sol …

This review considers a specific domain in combustion science, so-called discrete
combustion waves, which have been observed in a variety of processes including …

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

This article describes results obtained during the study of the combustion syntheses of
intermetallic Al–Ti films, starting from elemental nanoscaled multilayers of Al and Ti. The …