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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
U.s. Government As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (US);
David Bird, Newton, NJ (US);
Elbert Caravaca, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Nathan Peabody, Weehawken, NJ (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the current disclosure include energetic microcapsules, comprising: a core comprising a first energetic material; and a shell comprising a second energetic material encapsulating the core, wherein the first energetic material is different from the second energetic material, and wherein the core is 15% to 70% by weight of the energetic microcapsule and the shell is 30% to 85% by weight of the energetic microcapsule. Embodiments of the current disclosure further include methods of forming an energetic microcapsule, comprising: mixing an organic phase monomer and an aqueous phase monomer to form an emulsion; curing the emulsion at a predetermined temperature to form the energetic microcapsule; and coating the energetic microcapsule with a thermoplastic coating.