Qi-Long Yan

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of functionalized carbon nanomaterials on thermal decomposition, ignition, combustion and the reactivity properties of energetic compositions are discussed in detail, and it has been shown that functionalized fullerenes, CNTs and GO are the most appropriate candidate components in nanothermites, solid propellants and gas generators, due to their superior catalytic properties as well as facile preparation methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of nano-sized additive on decomposition kinetics, reaction models, decomposition mechanisms and burning rates, pressure exponents, combustion wave structures, and flame propagation of RDX-, HMX-, and AP-based energetic compositions are discussed.

TL;DR: The advantages of novel structured MICs in terms of safety and combustion efficiency are clarified, based on which suggestions regarding the possible future research directions are proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, several fundamental investigations published over the past decades with regard to the thermal analysis of polymer-based explosives have been briefly reviewed, and the calculation methods for their decomposition kinetics and thermal stability parameters are also introduced in detail.

TL;DR: In this paper, the electrospinning technique has been employed to fabricate PVDF/CuO/Al nanocomposites, where the formulation was optimized on the basis of maximizing the reaction heat with increased efficiency.