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Nanoenergetic Materials: From Materials to Applications
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Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan
Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan
Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan received a Ph.D. degree in thin films from the Department of Physics, a [...]
Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan received a Ph.D. degree in thin films from the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He worked as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri, Missouri, USA and an Associate Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India. He is presently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering and Technology, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, USA. His research interests include computational analysis and modeling, machine learning, graphene and its derivatives, 2D materials, carbon nanotubes, nanoenergetics and applications of nanomaterials.
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Anqi Wang
Anqi Wang
Dr. Anqi Wang works in the field of energetic nanomaterials. He obtained his PhD in 2020 at the of a [...]
Dr. Anqi Wang works in the field of energetic nanomaterials. He obtained his PhD in 2020 at the University of Missouri – Columbia, working on graphene-enhanced self-assembled nanothermite. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in Lab of Emerging Energy Research at the University of Waterloo, focusing on the research of multi-scale fabrication of topological energetic materials and combustion mechanism investigation.
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Department of Engineering and Technology, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT 84720, USA
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Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Nanomaterials 2024, 14(19), 1574; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14191574 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 16 August 2024
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Revised: 13 September 2024
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Accepted: 25 September 2024
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Published: 29 September 2024
Abstract
Both nanoscience and nanotechnology have undoubtedly contributed significantly to the development of thermite-based nanoenergetic materials (NEMs) with tunable and tailorable combustion performance and their subsequent integration into devices. Specifically, this review article reflects the immense paybacks in designing and fabricating ordered/disordered assembly of energetic materials over multiple length scales (from nano- to milli-scales) in terms of realization of desired reaction rates and sensitivity. Besides presenting a critical review of present advancements made in the synthesis of NEMs, this article touches upon aspects related to various applications concomitantly. The article concludes with the author’s summary of the insurmountable challenges and the road ahead toward the deployment of nanoenergetic materials in practical applications. The real challenge lies in the ability to preserve the self-assembly of fuel and oxidizer nanoparticles achieved at the nanoscale while synthesizing macroscale energetic formulations using advanced fabrication techniques both in bulk and thin film forms. Most importantly, these self-assembled NEMs have to exhibit excellent combustion performance at reduced sensitivity to external stimuli such as electrostatic discharge (ESD), friction and impact.
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Thiruvengadathan, R.; Wang, A.
Nanoenergetic Materials: From Materials to Applications. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 1574.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14191574
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Thiruvengadathan R, Wang A.
Nanoenergetic Materials: From Materials to Applications. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(19):1574.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14191574
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Thiruvengadathan, Rajagopalan, and Anqi Wang.
2024. "Nanoenergetic Materials: From Materials to Applications" Nanomaterials 14, no. 19: 1574.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14191574
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