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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Maruf Hossain, Columbia, MO (US);
Keshab Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Rajesh Shende, Rapid City, SD (US);
Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Maruf Hossain, Columbia, MO (US);
Keshab Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Rajesh Shende, Rapid City, SD (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
The present process for rapidly heating and cooling a target material without damaging the substrate upon which it has been deposited. More specifically, target material is coated onto a first substrate. A self-propagating nanoenergetic material is selected that combusts at temperatures sufficient to change the target material and creates a flame front that propagates sufficiently quickly that the first substrate is not substantially heated. The nanoenergetic material is deposited on the target material, such that the target material and the nanoenergetic material is sandwiched between the substrate and the target material. The nanoenergetic material is ignited and the flame front of the nanoenergetic material is allowed to propagate over the second substrate and change the target material.