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Nano-energetic Materials on a Chip

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After integration into an electronic chip, the nano-energetic materials have found a very important role as portable microscale energy systems in many applications such as micro-actuation for micro-fluidics, micro-ignition, micro-propulsion, and onboard micro-power unit. However, there has been an ongoing challenge to fabricate high-reactive and high-energy density nano-energetic materials and integrate it with microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices. There are various micro-/nanofabrication methodologies to develop and integrate the nano-energetic materials into a chip. This chapter discusses the different approaches and methods of realization of nano-energetic materials on a chip and details about the ignition sensitivity, energy density, and combustion performance. The chapter also particularizes the application of the chip-integrated nano-energetic materials.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 603203, Tamil Nadu, India

    Jitendra Kumar Katiyar

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghurdauri, Pauri Garhwal, 246194, Uttarakhand, India

    Vinay K. Patel

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Avinash Kumar Agarwal

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    T. Rajagopalan

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Govind Ballah Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pauri, Uttarakhand, India

    Vinay K. Patel

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Katiyar, J.K., Patel, V.K. (2019). Nano-energetic Materials on a Chip. In: Bhattacharya, S., Agarwal, A., Rajagopalan, T., Patel, V. (eds) Nano-Energetic Materials. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3269-2_6

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