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Integrating Al with NiO nano honeycomb to realize an energetic material on silicon substrate

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Nano energetic materials offer improved performance in energy release, ignition, and mechanical properties compared to their bulk or micro counterparts. In this study, the authors propose an approach to synthesize an Al/NiO based nano energetic material which is fully compatible with a microsystem. A two-dimensional NiO nano honeycomb is first realized by thermal oxidation of a Ni thin film deposited onto a silicon substrate by thermal evaporation. Then the NiO nano honeycomb is integrated with an Al that is deposited by thermal evaporation to realize an Al/NiO based nano energetic material. This approach has several advantages over previous investigations, such as lower ignition temperature, enhanced interfacial contact area, reduced impurities and Al oxidation, tailored dimensions, and easier integration into a microsystem to realize functional devices. The synthesized Al/NiO based nano energetic material is characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry.

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  1. LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 7 ave du colonel Roche, 31077, Toulouse, France

    Kaili Zhang & Carole Rossi

  2. CIRIMAT, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France

    Pierre Alphonse, Christophe Tenailleau, Simon Cayez & Jean-Yves Chane-Ching

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Zhang, K., Rossi, C., Alphonse, P. et al. Integrating Al with NiO nano honeycomb to realize an energetic material on silicon substrate. Appl. Phys. A 94, 957–962 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-4875-6

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