DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Reactive multilayers fabricated by vapor deposition. A critical review

Abstract

The reactive multilayer thin films are a class of energetic materials that continue to attract attention for use in joining applications and as igniters. Generally composed of two reactants, these heterogeneous solids can be stimulated by an external source to promptly release stored chemical energy in a sudden emission of light and heat. In our critical review article, results from recent investigations of these materials are discussed. Discussion begins with a brief description of the vapor deposition techniques that provide accurate control of layer thickness and film composition. More than 50 reactive film compositions have been reported to date, with most multilayers fabricated by magnetron sputter deposition or electron-beam evaporation. In later sections, we review how multilayer ignition threshold, reaction rate, and total heat are tailored via thin film design. For example, planar multilayers with nanometer-scale periodicity exhibit rapid, self-sustained reactions with wavefront velocities up to 100 m/s. Numeric and analytical models have elucidated many of the fundamental processes that underlie propagating exothermic reactions while demonstrating how reaction rates vary with multilayer design. Recent, time-resolved diffraction and imaging studies have further revealed the phase transformations and the wavefront dynamics associated with propagating chemical reactions. Many reactive multilayers (e.g., Co/Al) formmore » product phases that are consistent with published equilibrium phase diagrams, yet a few systems, such as Pt/Al, develop metastable products. The final section highlights current and emerging applications of reactive multilayers. Examples include reactive Ni(V)/Al and Pd/Al multilayers which have been developed for localized soldering of heat-sensitive components.« less

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1146570
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1245641
Report Number(s):
SAND-2014-4529J
Journal ID: ISSN 0040-6090; PII: S0040609014009201
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Thin Solid Films
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 576; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0040-6090
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; thin film; multilayer; vapor deposition; reactive multilayer; exothermic reaction; ignition; deflagration

Citation Formats

Adams, D. P. Reactive multilayers fabricated by vapor deposition. A critical review. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2014.09.042.
Adams, D. P. Reactive multilayers fabricated by vapor deposition. A critical review. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.09.042
Adams, D. P. Thu . "Reactive multilayers fabricated by vapor deposition. A critical review". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.09.042. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1146570.
@article{osti_1146570,
title = {Reactive multilayers fabricated by vapor deposition. A critical review},
author = {Adams, D. P.},
abstractNote = {The reactive multilayer thin films are a class of energetic materials that continue to attract attention for use in joining applications and as igniters. Generally composed of two reactants, these heterogeneous solids can be stimulated by an external source to promptly release stored chemical energy in a sudden emission of light and heat. In our critical review article, results from recent investigations of these materials are discussed. Discussion begins with a brief description of the vapor deposition techniques that provide accurate control of layer thickness and film composition. More than 50 reactive film compositions have been reported to date, with most multilayers fabricated by magnetron sputter deposition or electron-beam evaporation. In later sections, we review how multilayer ignition threshold, reaction rate, and total heat are tailored via thin film design. For example, planar multilayers with nanometer-scale periodicity exhibit rapid, self-sustained reactions with wavefront velocities up to 100 m/s. Numeric and analytical models have elucidated many of the fundamental processes that underlie propagating exothermic reactions while demonstrating how reaction rates vary with multilayer design. Recent, time-resolved diffraction and imaging studies have further revealed the phase transformations and the wavefront dynamics associated with propagating chemical reactions. Many reactive multilayers (e.g., Co/Al) form product phases that are consistent with published equilibrium phase diagrams, yet a few systems, such as Pt/Al, develop metastable products. The final section highlights current and emerging applications of reactive multilayers. Examples include reactive Ni(V)/Al and Pd/Al multilayers which have been developed for localized soldering of heat-sensitive components.},
doi = {10.1016/j.tsf.2014.09.042},
journal = {Thin Solid Films},
number = C,
volume = 576,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

Journal Article:

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 182 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Imaging of Transient Structures Using Nanosecond in Situ TEM
journal, September 2008


Room-temperature soldering with nanostructured foils
journal, November 2003

  • Wang, J.; Besnoin, E.; Duckham, A.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 83, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1623943

VI. Hauptversammlung der Deutschen Elektrochemischen Gesellschaft
journal, July 1899

  • Goldschmidt, H.; Hoff, J. H. 'T
  • Zeitschrift für Elektrotechnik und Elektrochemie, Vol. 6, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1002/bbpc.18990060302

The present state of the thermal ignition theory: An invited review
journal, February 1971


Pulsating instability in the nonadiabatic heterogeneous SHS flame: Theory and experimental comparisons
journal, January 1996


The effect of density on the limits and regularities of spin combustion of titanium in nitrogen
journal, January 1996

  • Filonenko, A. K.; Barzykin, V. V.
  • Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves, Vol. 32, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF01992190

Combustion modes in the titanium-nitrogen system at low nitrogen pressures
journal, October 1997


Unstable regimes of thermite system combustion
journal, January 1983

  • Strunina, A. G.; Dvoryankin, A. V.; Merzhanov, A. G.
  • Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves, Vol. 19, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF00789230

Autovibrational propagation of the combustion front in heterogeneous condensed media
journal, January 1975

  • Aldushin, A. P.; Martem'yanova, T. M.; Merzhanov, A. G.
  • Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves, Vol. 9, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF00742879

Application of the theory of bifurcations to the investigation of nonstationary combustion regimes
journal, July 1983

  • Vol'pert, V. A.; Vol'pert, A. I.; Merzhanov, A. G.
  • Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves, Vol. 19, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF00783642

On the transition boundary from steady to pulsating combustion in SHS flames
journal, January 1998


Physics of reaction waves
journal, July 1999


The transition to nonsteady deflagration in gasless combustion
journal, January 1991


Structural macrokinetics of SHS processes
journal, January 1992


Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of nanomaterials
journal, February 2004


Discrete reaction waves: Gasless combustion of solid powder mixtures
journal, June 2008


Combustion synthesis of advanced materials: Part II. Classification, applications and modelling
journal, January 1995


Self-propagating exothermic reactions: The synthesis of high-temperature materials by combustion
journal, May 1989


Fundamental aspects of the heterogeneous flame in the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) process
journal, January 2001


Propagation of gasless reactions in solids—I. Analytical study of exothermic intermetallic reaction rates
journal, August 1973


On a peculiar phænomenon in the electro-deposition of antimony
journal, January 1855

  • Gore, G.
  • The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Vol. 9, Issue 56
  • DOI: 10.1080/14786445508641829

Physikalisch-chemische Stadien am sogenannten explosiven Antimon
journal, January 1904

  • Cohen, Ernst; Ringer, W. R.
  • Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Vol. 47U, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1515/zpch-1904-4702

Observations of propagation in shock-crystallization of sputtered amorphous germanium films
journal, November 1973


Thermal triggering of shock-crystallization in sputtered Ge films
journal, July 1974


Observations on the “explosive” crystallization of non-crystalline Ge
journal, February 1975


Impulse stimulated “explosive” crystallization of sputter deposited amorphous (In,Ga)Sb films
journal, July 1978


Variation of crystallization mechanisms in flash-lamp-irradiated amorphous silicon films
journal, September 2010


Shock crystallization in amorphous films of dielectrics
journal, July 1979


Temperature and thickness effects on the explosive crystallization of amorphous germanium films
journal, April 1982

  • Koba, R.; Wickersham, C. E.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 40, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.93223

Explosive crystallization of rf-sputtered amorphous CdTe films
journal, May 1981

  • Krishnaswamy, S. V.; Messier, R.; Swab, P.
  • Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF02654583

Temperature dependent formation of surface undulations in explosively crystallized films
journal, March 1985

  • Wickersham, C. E.; Bajor, G.; Greene, J. E.
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, Vol. 3, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1116/1.573261

Flash-lamp-induced explosive crystallization of amorphous germanium films leaving behind periodic microstructures
journal, December 2012


Specific Heat and Heat of Crystallization of Amorphous Germanium
journal, September 1969

  • Chen, H. S.; Turnbull, D.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 40, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1657175

Amorphous Si, Crystallization And Melting
journal, January 1982


Propagation of explosive crystallization in thin Rh–Si multilayer films
journal, May 1986

  • Floro, J. A.
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, Vol. 4, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1116/1.573848

Explosive crystallization in zirconium/silicon multilayers
journal, May 1988

  • Wickersham, C. E.; Poole, J. E.
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, Vol. 6, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1116/1.575315

Pyrotechnic devices by unbalanced magnetron sputtering
journal, May 1994


Effect of intermixing on self-propagating exothermic reactions in Al/Ni nanolaminate foils
journal, February 2000

  • Gavens, A. J.; Van Heerden, D.; Mann, A. B.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 87, Issue 3, p. 1255-1263
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.372005

On the mechanism of heterogeneous reaction and phase formation in Ti/Al multilayer nanofilms
journal, February 2005


Self-propagating, high-temperature combustion synthesis of rhombohedral AlPt thin films
journal, December 2006

  • Adams, D. P.; Rodriguez, M. A.; Tigges, C. P.
  • Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 21, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0387

Multilayered Al/CuO thermite formation by reactive magnetron sputtering: Nano versus micro
journal, October 2010

  • Petrantoni, M.; Rossi, C.; Salvagnac, L.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3498821

Fabrication and characterization of reactive nanoscale multilayer systems for low-temperature bonding in microsystem technology
journal, June 2010

  • Boettge, Bianca; Braeuer, Joerg; Wiemer, Maik
  • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 20, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/6/064018

Self‐propagating explosive reactions in Al/Ni multilayer thin films
journal, September 1990

  • Ma, E.; Thompson, C. V.; Clevenger, L. A.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 57, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.103504

Explosive silicidation in nickel/amorphous‐silicon multilayer thin films
journal, March 1990

  • Clevenger, L. A.; Thompson, C. V.; Tu, K. N.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 67, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.345429

The synthesis of nickel aluminides by multilayer self-propagating combustion
journal, May 1995

  • Dyer, T. S.; Munir, Z. A.
  • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 26, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF02653881

Self-propagating formation reactions in Nb/Si multilayers
journal, March 1999


Joining of stainless-steel specimens with nanostructured Al/Ni foils
journal, January 2004

  • Wang, J.; Besnoin, E.; Duckham, A.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 95, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1629390

Microstructure evolution during solid state reactions of Nb/Al multilayers
journal, August 2001


Effect of varying bilayer spacing distribution on reaction heat and velocity in reactive Al/Ni multilayers
journal, April 2009

  • Knepper, Robert; Snyder, Murray R.; Fritz, Greg
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, Issue 8, Article No. 083504
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3087490

Microstructural study of an oscillatory formation reaction in nanostructured reactive multilayer foils
journal, October 2005

  • Trenkle, J. C.; Wang, J.; Weihs, T. P.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 87, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2099544

Enabling and controlling slow reaction velocities in low-density compacts of multilayer reactive particles
journal, June 2011


Experimental flame speed in multi-layered nano-energetic materials
journal, March 2010


Deposition and characterization of a self-propagating CuOx/Al thermite reaction in a multilayer foil geometry
journal, September 2003

  • Blobaum, K. J.; Reiss, M. E.; Plitzko, J. M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 94, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1598296

Investigating the reaction path and growth kinetics in CuOx/Al multilayer foils
journal, September 2003

  • Blobaum, K. J.; Wagner, A. J.; Plitzko, J. M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 94, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1598297

Interfacial Chemistry in Al/CuO Reactive Nanomaterial and Its Role in Exothermic Reaction
journal, January 2013

  • Kwon, Jinhee; Ducéré, Jean Marie; Alphonse, Pierre
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 5, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1021/am3019405

Reactive bimetallic Al/Ni nanostructures for nanoscale heating applications fabricated using a porous alumina template
journal, April 2009

  • Kokonou, M.; Giannakopoulos, K. P.; Gunduz, I. E.
  • Microelectronic Engineering, Vol. 86, Issue 4-6
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2008.12.089

Synthesis process of nanowired Al/CuO thermite
journal, February 2010

  • Petrantoni, M.; Rossi, C.; Conédéra, V.
  • Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 71, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2009.07.020

Integrating Al with NiO nano honeycomb to realize an energetic material on silicon substrate
journal, September 2008


Development of a nano-Al∕CuO based energetic material on silicon substrate
journal, September 2007

  • Zhang, Kaili; Rossi, Carole; Ardila Rodriguez, G. A.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2785132

SnO2 atomic layer deposition on ZrO2 and Al nanoparticles: Pathway to enhanced thermite materials
journal, August 2005


Rare-earth transition-metal intermetallic compounds produced via self-propagating, high-temperature synthesis
journal, April 2010

  • McDonald, Joel P.; Rodriguez, Mark A.; Jones, Eric D.
  • Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 25, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2010.0091

Quantitative investigation of titanium/amorphous-silicon multilayer thin film reactions
journal, March 1990

  • De Avillez, R. R.; Clevenger, L. A.; Thompson, C. V.
  • Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 5, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1557/JMR.1990.0593

Atomic Layer Deposition: An Overview
journal, January 2010

  • George, Steven M.
  • Chemical Reviews, Vol. 110, Issue 1, p. 111-131
  • DOI: 10.1021/cr900056b

Crystallinity of inorganic films grown by atomic layer deposition: Overview and general trends
journal, January 2013

  • Miikkulainen, Ville; Leskelä, Markku; Ritala, Mikko
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 2, Article No. 021301
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4757907

Asymmetric diffusion as a key mechanism in Ni/Al energetic multilayer processing: A first principles study
journal, November 2010

  • Petrantoni, M.; Hemeryck, A.; Ducéré, J. M.
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, Vol. 28, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1116/1.3491182

Formation of Al/CuO bilayer films: Basic mechanisms through density functional theory calculations
journal, May 2012


Controlling strength and toughness of multilayer films: A new multiscalar approach
journal, July 1993

  • Adams, D. P.; Vill, M.; Tao, J.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 74, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.354947

Controlling the shape of Al/Ni multilayer foils using variations in stress
journal, July 2008

  • Knepper, Robert; Fritz, Gregory; Weihs, Timothy P.
  • Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 23, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2008.0247

Thresholds for igniting exothermic reactions in Al/Ni multilayers using pulses of electrical, mechanical, and thermal energy
journal, January 2013

  • Fritz, Gregory M.; Spey, Stephen J.; Grapes, Michael D.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4770478

Exothermic reactions in Co/Al nanolaminates
journal, August 2008

  • Adams, D. P.; Hodges, V. C.; Bai, M. M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 104, Issue 4, Article No. 043502
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2968444

Reactive Ni/Ti nanolaminates
journal, November 2009

  • Adams, D. P.; Rodriguez, M. A.; McDonald, J. P.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, Issue 9, Article No. 093505
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3253591

Ignition mechanism in combustion synthesis of Ti–Al and Ti–Ni systems
journal, January 2003


Self-propagating high-temperature (combustion) synthesis (SHS) of powder-compacted materials
journal, February 1990

  • Yi, H. C.; Moore, J. J.
  • Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 25, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF00585421

Ignition and reaction mechanism of Co–Al and Nb–Al intermetallic compounds prepared by combustion synthesis
journal, September 2006


Oxygen impurity in self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of NiAl
journal, January 2002

  • Biswas, A.; Roy, S. K.; Singh, J. B.
  • Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 37, Issue 6, p. 1189-1195
  • DOI: 10.1023/A:1014371606760

Combustion synthesis of NiAl/Al2O3 composites by induction heating
journal, June 2010


Microstructural transformations and kinetics of high-temperature heterogeneous gasless reactions by high-speed x-ray phase-contrast imaging
journal, December 2009

  • Reeves, Robert V.; White, Jeremiah D. E.; Dufresne, Eric M.
  • Physical Review B, Vol. 80, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.224103

Thermal runaway by thermal analysis
journal, November 1990


An investigation of the synthesis of nickel aluminides through gasless combustion
journal, January 1987

  • Philpot, K. A.; Munir, Z. A.; Holt, J. B.
  • Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 22, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF01160566

The propagation of a solid‐state combustion wave in Ni‐Al foils
journal, November 1989

  • Anselmi‐Tamburini, U.; Munir, Z. A.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 66, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.343777

Tailored Reactivity of Ni+Al Nanocomposites: Microstructural Correlations
journal, September 2012

  • Manukyan, Khachatur V.; Mason, B. Aaron; Groven, Lori J.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 116, Issue 39
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp303407e

NiAl 3 formation in Al/Ni thin‐film bilayers with and without contamination
journal, April 1989

  • Ma, E.; Nicolet, M‐A.; Nathan, M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 65, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.342756

Diffusion coefficients of some solutes in fcc and liquid Al: critical evaluation and correlation
journal, December 2003


Al/Ni formation reactions: characterization of the metastable Al9Ni2 phase and analysis of its formation
journal, August 2003


Kinetics of High Temperature Reaction in Ni-Al System: Influence of Mechanical Activation
journal, April 2010

  • Shteinberg, Alexander S.; Lin, Ya-Cheng; Son, Steven F.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 114, Issue 20
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp1018586

Determination of diffusion coefficients of Zn, Co and Ni in aluminium by a resistometric method
journal, November 1978


Electromigration in thin aluminum films on titanium nitride
journal, April 1976

  • Blech, I. A.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 47, Issue 4, p. 1203-1208
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.322842

Electromigration threshold in aluminum films
journal, June 1985


High-Temperature Combustion Synthesis: Generation of Electromagnetic Radiation and the Effect of External Electromagnetic Fields (Review)
journal, November 2005


Response of Ni/Al laminates to laser-driven compression
journal, May 2012


Atomistic simulations of shock-induced alloying reactions in Ni∕Al nanolaminates
journal, October 2006

  • Zhao, Shijin; Germann, Timothy C.; Strachan, Alejandro
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 125, Issue 16
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2359438

Molecular dynamics simulation of dynamical response of perfect and porous Ni Al nanolaminates under shock loading
journal, July 2007


Melting and alloying of Ni Al nanolaminates induced by shock loading: A molecular dynamics simulation study
journal, September 2007


A Method for Obtaining and Analyzing Sensitivity Data
journal, March 1948


Numerical simulation of shock initiation of Ni/Al multilayered composites
journal, January 2014

  • Sraj, Ihab; Specht, Paul E.; Thadhani, Naresh N.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4861402

Laser irradiation of nano-metric Al/Ti multilayers
journal, February 2013


Laser-induced formation of intermetallics in multilayered Al/Ti nano-structures
journal, February 2012


Reaction instabilities in Co/Al nanolaminates due to chemical kinetics variation over micron-scales
journal, January 2014

  • Reeves, Robert V.; Adams, David P.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 4, Article No. 044911
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4863339

Modeling and characterizing the propagation velocity of exothermic reactions in multilayer foils
journal, August 1997

  • Mann, A. B.; Gavens, A. J.; Reiss, M. E.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 82, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.365886

Self-sustaining oxidation initiated by rapid formation reactions in multilayer foils
journal, September 2012

  • Joress, H.; Barron, S. C.; Livi, K. J. T.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4752133

Time-resolved x-ray microdiffraction studies of phase transformations during rapidly propagating reactions in Al/Ni and Zr/Ni multilayer foils
journal, June 2010

  • Trenkle, J. C.; Koerner, L. J.; Tate, M. W.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 107, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3428471

Investigation of Different Nano Scale Energetic Material Systems for Reactive Wafer Bonding
journal, March 2013


Gasless Combustion of Ti–Al Bimetallic Multilayer Nanofoils
journal, March 2004


Self-propagating reactions in Al/Zr multilayers: Anomalous dependence of reaction velocity on bilayer thickness
journal, December 2013

  • Barron, S. C.; Kelly, S. T.; Kirchhoff, J.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 114, Issue 22, Article No. 223517
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4840915

Condensed-Phase and Oxidation Reaction Behavior of Ti/2B Foils in Varied Gaseous Environments
journal, August 2012

  • Reeves, Robert V.; Rodriguez, Mark A.; Jones, Eric D.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 116, Issue 33, p. 17904-17912
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp303785r

The deposition and analysis of pyrotechnic devices deposited by magnetron sputtering
journal, October 1993

  • Kelly, P. J.; Tinston, S. F.; Arnell, R. D.
  • Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 60, Issue 1-3, p. 597-602
  • DOI: 10.1016/0257-8972(93)90160-P

Revealing Transient Phase Evolution in Reactive Multi-layer Foils using Dynamic TEM
journal, July 2012


Characterization of self-propagating formation reactions in Ni/Zr multilayered foils using reaction heats, velocities, and temperature-time profiles
journal, January 2011

  • Barron, S. C.; Knepper, R.; Walker, N.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 109, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3527925

Model predictions for the enthalpy of formation of transition metal alloys
journal, January 1977


Studying exothermic reactions in the Ni-Al system at rapid heating rates using a nanocalorimeter
journal, April 2013

  • Swaminathan, P.; Grapes, M. D.; Woll, K.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4799628

Scanning AC nanocalorimetry study of Zr/B reactive multilayers
journal, December 2013

  • Lee, Dongwoo; Sim, Gi-Dong; Xiao, Kechao
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 114, Issue 21
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4833572

Investigating the thermodynamics and kinetics of thin film reactions by differential scanning calorimetry
journal, December 1997


Models for Gasless Combustion in Layered Materials and Random Media
journal, June 1990


Numerical study of the effect of heat losses on self-propagating reactions in multilayer foils
journal, January 2001


Effect of reactant and product melting on self-propagating reactions in multilayer foils
journal, November 2002

  • Besnoin, Etienne; Cerutti, Stefano; Knio, Omar M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1509840

Self-sustained waves of exothermic dissolution in reactive multilayer nano-foils
journal, August 2012

  • Rogachev, A. S.; Vadchenko, S. G.; Mukasyan, A. S.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4745201

Phase transformations during rapid heating of Al/Ni multilayer foils
journal, August 2008

  • Trenkle, Jonathan C.; Koerner, Lucas J.; Tate, Mark W.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2975830

A molecular dynamics study of the role of relative melting temperatures in reactive Ni/Al nanolaminates
journal, June 2011


Modeling of the self-propagating reactions of nickel and aluminum multilayered foils
journal, April 2009

  • Gunduz, Ibrahim Emre; Fadenberger, Konrad; Kokonou, Maria
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3091284

Simulation of reactive nanolaminates using reduced models: I. Basic formulation
journal, February 2010


Simulation of reactive nanolaminates using reduced models: II. Normal propagation
journal, March 2010


A generalized reduced model of uniform and self-propagating reactions in reactive nanolaminates
journal, September 2013


Inverse problem for SHS in multilayer nanofoils: Prediction of process parameters for single-stage SHS reaction
journal, October 2013

  • Zaporozhets, T. V.; Gusak, A. M.; Korol’, Ya. D.
  • International Journal of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis, Vol. 22, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.3103/S1061386213040092

Modeling of a reacting nanofilm on a composite substrate
journal, March 2011


Molecular dynamics simulations of nanometric metallic multilayers: Reactivity of the Ni-Al system
journal, July 2011


Determination of the pressure dependent melting temperatures of Al and Ni using molecular dynamics
journal, September 2009

  • Weingarten, N. Scott; Mattson, William D.; Rice, Betsy M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3213342

Bayesian Inference of Atomic Diffusivity in a Binary Ni/Al System Based on Molecular Dynamics
journal, January 2011

  • Rizzi, F.; Salloum, M.; Marzouk, Y. M.
  • Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, Vol. 9, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1137/10080590X

Phase formation of B2-RuAl during annealing of Ru/Al multilayers
journal, August 2010


Kinetics of silicide formation in chromium‐amorphous silicon multilayered films
journal, July 1991

  • Schlesinger, T. E.; Cammarata, R. C.; Prokes, S. M.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 59, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.105459

Reaction kinetics of nickel/silicon multilayer films
journal, March 1988

  • Clevenger, L. A.; Thompson, C. V.; Cammarata, R. C.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 52, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.99644

Intermixing in Ni/Al multilayer thin films
journal, July 2009


Effect of overall composition on thermally induced solid-state transformations in thick EB PVD Al/Ni multilayers
journal, May 2008


Metastable Phase Formation and Microstructural Evolution During Self-Propagating Reactions in Ai/Ni and Ai/Monel Multilayers
journal, January 1997


Phase evolution during gasless combustion of the micro- and nano-heterogeneous systems: Time resolved study by synchrotron radiation diffraction analysis
journal, May 2005

  • Rogachev, A. S.; Gachon, J. -C.; Grigoryan, H. E.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 543, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.143

Diffraction of synchrotron radiation for in situ study of the heterogeneous reaction mechanisms in lamellar composites obtained by mechanical activation and magnetron sputtering
journal, May 2007

  • Rogachev, A. S.; Gachon, J. -C.; Grigoryan, H. E.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 575, Issue 1-2
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.041

In situ observation of rapid reactions in nanoscale Ni–Al multilayer foils using synchrotron radiation
journal, October 2010

  • Fadenberger, Konrad; Gunduz, Ibrahim Emre; Tsotsos, Chrysostomos
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3485673

Size dependence of energetic properties in nanowire-based energetic materials
journal, August 2006

  • Menon, L.; Aurongzeb, D.; Patibandla, S.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 100, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2234551

Ignition studies of Al/Fe2O3 energetic nanocomposites
journal, June 2004

  • Menon, L.; Patibandla, S.; Ram, K. Bhargava
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 84, Issue 23
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1759387

Pattern evolution due to energetic solid-state diffusion front in nanoscale thin film
journal, April 2008

  • Aurongzeb, Deeder
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2907848

Banded structures in unstable combustion synthesis
journal, June 1995


Numerical predictions of oscillatory combustion in reactive multilayers
journal, July 1999

  • Jayaraman, S.; Knio, O. M.; Mann, A. B.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 86, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.370807

Heat transfer in reactive Co/Al nanolaminates
conference, June 2008

  • Hobbs, M. L.; Adams, D. P.; McDonald, J. P.
  • HEAT TRANSFER 2008, Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer X
  • DOI: 10.2495/HT080121

Direct observation of spinlike reaction fronts in planar energetic multilayer foils
journal, January 2009

  • McDonald, Joel P.; Hodges, V. Carter; Jones, Eric D.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 94, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3070119

Effects of oxidation on reaction front instabilities and average propagation speed in Ni/Ti multilayer foils
journal, March 2013

  • McDonald, Joel P.; Reeves, Robert V.; Jones, Eric D.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4794183

Effect of thermal properties on self-propagating fronts in reactive nanolaminates
journal, July 2011

  • Alawieh, Leen; Knio, Omar M.; Weihs, Timothy P.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 110, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3599847

THE HEAT OF FORMATION OF SCANDIUM OXIDE 1
journal, August 1963

  • Huber, Elmer J.; Fitzgibbon, George C.; Head, Earl L.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 67, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1021/j100802a511

Novel Electroexplosive Device Incorporating a Reactive Laminated Metallic Bridge
journal, January 2001

  • Baginski, Thomas A.; Taliaferro, Steven L.; Fahey, Wm. David
  • Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 17, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.2514/2.5726

Streak spectrograph temperature analysis from electrically exploded Ni/Al nanolaminates
journal, December 2011


Rapid initiation of reactions in Al/Ni multilayers with nanoscale layering
journal, February 2010

  • Morris, Christopher J.; Mary, Brian; Zakar, Eugene
  • Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 71, Issue 2, p. 84-89
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2009.07.026

Joining bulk metallic glass using reactive multilayer foils
journal, June 2003


Thermal and microstructural effects of welding metallic glasses by self-propagating reactions in multilayer foils
journal, August 2005


Investigating the effect of applied pressure on reactive multilayer foil joining
journal, October 2004


Effects of physical properties of components on reactive nanolayer joining
journal, June 2005

  • Wang, J.; Besnoin, E.; Knio, O. M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 97, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1915540

Fracture toughness of bulk metallic glass welds made using nanostructured reactive multilayer foils
journal, February 2008


Diffusion welding of aluminium alloy strengthened by Al2O3 particles through an Al/Cu multilayer foil
journal, April 2013


Reactive nanostructured foil used as a heat source for joining titanium
journal, August 2004

  • Duckham, A.; Spey, S. J.; Wang, J.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 96, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1769097

Metallic Bonding of Ceramic Armor Using Reactive Multilayer Foils
book, January 2004


Benign Joining of Ultrafine Grained Aerospace Aluminum Alloys Using Nanotechnology
journal, November 2011

  • Longtin, Rémi; Hack, Erwin; Neuenschwander, Jürg
  • Advanced Materials, Vol. 23, Issue 48
  • DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103275

Localized Parylene-C bonding with reactive multilayer foils
journal, September 2009


Bonding silicon wafers with reactive multilayer foils
journal, February 2008


Solder joints fabricated by explosively reacting nanolayers
journal, April 2008

  • Tong, M. S.; Sturgess, D.; Tu, K. N.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2907850

Microstructure of Reaction Zone Formed During Diffusion Bonding of TiAl with Ni/Al Multilayer
journal, January 2012

  • Simões, Sónia; Viana, Filomena; Koçak, Mustafa
  • Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 21, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11665-012-0144-0

Characterization of Al/Ni multilayers and their application in diffusion bonding of TiAl to TiC cermet
journal, February 2012


Reaction zone formed during diffusion bonding of TiNi to Ti6Al4V using Ni/Ti nanolayers
journal, July 2013

  • Simões, Sónia; Viana, Filomena; Ramos, A. Sofia
  • Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 48, Issue 21
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10853-013-7592-2

Nanometric multilayers: A new approach for joining TiAl
journal, October 2006


Solid-state diffusion bonding of gamma-TiAl alloys using Ti/Al thin films as interlayers
journal, October 2006


Diffusion welding of γ-TiAl based alloys through nano-layered foil of Ti/Al system
journal, August 2008


Diffusion bonding of TiAl using Ni/Al multilayers
journal, February 2010

  • Simões, Sónia; Viana, Filomena; Ventzke, Volker
  • Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 45, Issue 16
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10853-010-4303-0

Propagation of gasless reactions in solids—II. Experimental study of exothermic intermetallic reaction rates
journal, August 1973


A New Class of Combustion Processes†
journal, May 1975


Nanoscale thermal transport
journal, January 2003

  • Cahill, David G.; Ford, Wayne K.; Goodson, Kenneth E.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 93, Issue 2, p. 793-818
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1524305

Long-term stability of nanostructured systems with negative heats of mixing
journal, May 2007

  • Nathani, H.; Wang, J.; Weihs, T. P.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 101, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2736937

Works referencing / citing this record:

Architecture-independent reactivity tuning of Ni/Al multilayers by solid solution alloying
journal, May 2019

  • Danzi, S.; Schnabel, V.; Zhao, X.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 114, Issue 18
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5095828

Partial ablation of Ti/Al nano-layer thin film by single femtosecond laser pulse
journal, December 2017

  • Gaković, B.; Tsibidis, G. D.; Skoulas, E.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5016548

Some issues for blast from a structural reactive material solid
journal, March 2018


Self-propagating reactive Al/Ni nanocomposites for bonding applications
journal, February 2017

  • Kremer, Matthias P.; Roshanghias, Ali; Tortschanoff, Andreas
  • Micro and Nano Systems Letters, Vol. 5, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40486-017-0046-x

Highly Reactive Metastable Intermixed Composites (MICs): Preparation and Characterization
journal, June 2018


Structural Phase Transformations in Al/Pt Bilayer Thin Films during the Solid-State Reaction
journal, July 2018

  • Altunin, R. R.; Moiseenko, E. T.; Zharkov, S. M.
  • Physics of the Solid State, Vol. 60, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1134/s106378341807003x

Towards Safer Primers: A Review
journal, October 2019


A diffusion-limited reaction model for self-propagating Al/Pt multilayers with quench limits
journal, April 2018

  • Kittell, D. E.; Yarrington, C. D.; Hobbs, M. L.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 123, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5025820

Facile fabrication of highly exothermic CuO@Al nanothermites via self-assembly approach
journal, November 2019


The role of alkylamine in the stabilization of CuO nanoparticles as a determinant of the Al/CuO redox reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Palussière, Ségolène; Cure, Jérémy; Nicollet, Andréa
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 29
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9cp02220a

Ignition and self-propagating reactions in Al/Pt multilayers of varied design
journal, September 2018

  • Adams, D. P.; Reeves, R. V.; Abere, M. J.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 124, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5026293

Engineering of Al/CuO Reactive Multilayer Thin Films for Tunable Initiation and Actuation
journal, May 2018


Characterizing solid-state ignition of runaway chemical reactions in Ni-Al nanoscale multilayers under uniform heating
journal, October 2015

  • Fritz, Gregory M.; Grzyb, Jessica A.; Knio, Omar M.
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 13
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4931666

Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of advanced materials and coatings
journal, October 2016


Self-propagating reactive Al/Ni nanocomposites for bonding applications
text, January 2017


Enhanced Energetic Performances Based on Integration with the Al/PTFE Nanolaminates
journal, July 2018