Carbon nanotubes initiate the explosion of porous silicon

Christopher D. Malec; Nicolas H. Voelcker; Joseph George Shapter; Amanda V. Ellis

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2010.08.021

Carbon nanotubes initiate the explosion of porous silicon

Christopher D. Malec, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Joseph George Shapter, Amanda V. Ellis

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Abstract

Here we show that a mixture of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and ferrocene doped with sodium perchlorate, as an oxidant, can be combusted using a camera flash as an initiator. We optimize the MWCNT to oxidant ratio by monitoring the intensity and spectral characteristics of the light emission. In addition, we construct a novel nanostructured energetic material combining MWCNTs with porous silicon (pSi) impregnated with sodium perchlorate and show that pSi can be exploded using carbon nanotubes as photosensitive initiators.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2517-2519
Number of pages	3
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	64
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2010.08.021
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carbon nanotubes
Explosives
Ferrocene
Photo-acoustic
Porous silicon

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