US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Zachary B Zander

Gregory William Peterson

Jared B DeCoste

Dajie Zhang

Amee L Polk

Shaun M Debow

Aiping Zeng

Danielle L Kuhn

Brendan S DeLacy

Mikhail Y Efremov

Patrick J Heaney

Solid fuel pellets or particles are coated with a diamond-like and/or graphitic coating to impart increased resistance to oxidation or other forms of degradation. An apparatus and method for producing solid fuel pellets or particles or other comminuted or particulate material that are coated with diamond-like and/or graphitic coatings employ plasma coating of the particles or comminuted material in a plasma chamber that has provision for agitating and/or stirring the particles during the plasma coating process. The gas feed to the plasma chamber may contain at least one organic carbon source.

Apparatus and method for plasma coating solid fuels and coated solid fuels produced using same

A multispectral smoke obscurant composition effective in reducing transmittance in the visual, infrared, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, comprising at least one metal organic framework ('MOF'), at least one fuel, at least one oxidizer, and optionally one or more additives selected from the group consisting of binders, coolants, and accelerants. The MOF or MOF composite is present from about 10 to 90 weight percent of the smoke obscurant composition, while the fuel and the oxidizer in combination comprise about at least 10 weight percent of the smoke obscurant composition.

Pyrotechnic smoke obscurants containing metal-organic frameworks and composites thereof

The present invention relates to a process for preparing high aspect ratio titanium dioxide (TiO) nanorods using a one-pot hydrothermal technique. Reaction additives of oxalic acid and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) are used to promote the conversion of titanium dioxide precursors, preferably tetraisopropoxide (TTIP), into a one-dimensional TiOmorphology.

Process for the preparation of titanium dioxide nanorods

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Havre de Grace, MD, United States of America

Zachary B Zander