Heated Tip-AFM of Energetic Materials: Nano-dectonics

Anasys Instruments Corp

Energetic Materials are materials that exhibit dramatic release of stored chemical energy as thermal and mechanical energies. The primary difference between an energetic material and any material that undergoes a chemical decomposition process is the rate at which the decomposition occurs. The decomposition rate is determined by a number of factors including the particle characteristics (chemical composition, size, morphology), the magnitude and duration of the reaction stimulus, and material confinement. For explosives, the rate and amount of energy released is normally sufficient to establish a self-sustaining shock known as detonation. Energetic materials often have nanometer-scale polycrystallinity, voids, and / or defects, and it is widely believed that nanoscale properties and phenomena within these materials play a key role in their macroscopic behavior. (1-3 )

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