Bioinspired High‐Performance Energetic Materials Using Heme‐Containing Crystals | Zendy

Slocik Joseph M. | Zendy; Drummy Lawrence F. | Zendy; Dickerson Matthew B. | Zendy; Crouse Christopher A. | Zendy; Spowart Jonathan E. | Zendy; Naik Rajesh R. | Zendy

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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 ).

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