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SHS in Ni/Al Nanofoils: A Review of Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Author(s) -
Baras Florence,
Turlo Vladyslav,
Politano Olivier,
Vadchenko Sergey Georgievich,
Rogachev Alexander Sergeevich,
Mukasyan Alexander Sergeevich
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.201800091
Subject(s) - molecular dynamics , nanoscopic scale , isothermal process , materials science , atomic units , nanotechnology , nanowire , multiscale modeling , chemical physics , physics , computational chemistry , chemistry , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
Non‐isothermal processes in nanometric metallic multilayers are reviewed, both experimentally and theoretically. The Ni/Al nanofoil is considered as a model system. On the one hand, the experimental methods of elaboration and analysis are presented and, on the other hand, the modeling approach at the macroscopic and atomic scale. The basic experimental features are reported together with recent achievements. Molecular dynamics investigation of the reactivity of Ni/Al systems is reported for bulk systems and nanosystems including nanoparticles, nanowires, nanofilms, and multilayers. The focus is on atomic‐scale modeling versus experiments. Molecular dynamics approaches allow us to elucidate the mechanisms of non‐isothermal processes occurring in nanoscale systems, such as phase transformations and self‐propagation reactions.