Sandia Corporation

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Alexander S Tappan

Eric Christopher Forrest

Robert Knepper

Michael P Marquez

Joseph Cesarano, Iii

John Nicholas Stuecker

Eric J Welle

Jeremy A Palmer

An explosive device is described herein, wherein the explosive device includes a substrate that has a surface, wherein surface energy of a portion of the surface of the substrate has been modified in a vacuum chamber from a first surface energy to a second surface energy. The explosive device additionally includes explosive material that has been deposited on the surface of the substrate in the vacuum chamber by way of physical vapor deposition (PVD), wherein the explosive material is deposited on the portion of the surface of the substrate subsequent to the surface energy of the portion of the surface of the substrate being modified from the first surface energy to the second surface energy.

Explosive device comprising an explosive material having controlled explosive properties

A nanocomposite thermite ink for use in inkjet, screen, and gravure printing. Embodiments of this invention do not require separation of the fuel and oxidizer constituents prior to application of the ink to the printed substrate.

Nanocomposite thermite ink

A process for generating nanoscale particles of energetic materials, such as explosive materials, using ultrashort-pulse laser irradiation. The use of ultrashort laser pulses in embodiments of this invention enables one to generate particles by laser ablation that retain the chemical identity of the starting material while avoiding ignition, deflagration, and detonation of the explosive material.

Ultrashort-pulse laser generated nanoparticles of energetic materials

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Alexander S Tappan