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Bioinspired High‐Performance Energetic Materials Using Heme‐Containing Crystals
Author(s) -
Slocik Joseph M.,
Drummy Lawrence F.,
Dickerson Matthew B.,
Crouse Christopher A.,
Spowart Jonathan E.,
Naik Rajesh R.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201403659
Subject(s) - hemozoin , nanomaterials , heme , materials science , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , composite number , aluminium , energetic material , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , composite material , explosive material , engineering , enzyme
Synthetic hemozoin crystals (β‐hematin) are assembled with aluminium nanoparticles (nAl) to create a nanomaterial composite that is highly energetic and reactive. The results here demonstrate that hemozoin rapidly oxidizes the nAl fuel to release large amounts of energy (+12.5 ± 2.4 kJ g −1 ).