University of Missouri

US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Steven J Apperson

Shubhra Gangopadhyay

Keshab Gangopadhyay

Rajesh Shende

Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan

Madan Dubey

Luke J Currano

Shantanu Bhattacharya

Christopher James Morris

Maruf Hossain

Daniel Tappmeyer

Andrey Bezmelnitsyn

Collin R Becker

Syed Barizuddin

Senthil Subramanian

Yuangang Gao

Andrey Bezmelnytsin

Bhusban Mehendale

Michael Kraus

A reaction characteristic detector comprising a ladder assembly including a plurality of rungs, where each rung in the plurality of rungs comprises a reaction passage determiner spaced a distance from a point of an energetic material reaction initiation. Each reaction passage determiner has at least one characteristic that is configured to change in response to the reaction occurring proximate to the reaction passage determiner.

Energetic material reaction characteristic detector

The invention provides homogeneous mesoporous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A composite of the invention has a regular and uniform nanostructure of metal oxide, which is structured by a surfactant. Metal fuel nanoparticles are homogenously distributed through the regular and uniform nanostructure. The invention further provides methods for making homogeneous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A method of the invention forms a metal oxide nanostructure via a sol-gel process with surfactant templating. Metal nanoparticles into the metal oxide nanostructure via wet impregnation.

Homogeneous mesoporous nanoenergetic metal oxide composites and fabrication thereof

A method of generating power uses a nanoenergetic material. The nanoenergetic material comprising thermite is obtained and deposited on a substrate. An igniter is placed on the nanoenergetic material. When power is desired, the nanoenergetic material is ignited. A transducer receives thermal, sonic, magnetic, optic and/or mechanical energy from combustion of the nanoenergetic material and converts it into electrical energy. Preferably, the transducer is a thermoelectric, piezoelectric or magneto device. Preferably, multiple transducers are integrated in one power generators to maximize the power from nanoenergetic thermites.

Shock wave and power generation using on-chip nanoenergetic material

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Steven J Apperson