Bioinspired High-Performance Energetic Materials Using Heme-Containing Crystals.
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) ).
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA.
Joseph M
JM
Slocik
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA.
Lawrence F
LF
Drummy
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA.
Matthew B
MB
Dickerson
Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL, 32542, USA.
Christopher A
CA
Crouse
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA.
Jonathan E
JE
Spowart
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA.
Rajesh R
RR
Naik
D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D004735:Energy Transfer; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D058726:Nanoconjugates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010316:Particle Size
D058726:Nanoconjugates; D006418:Heme; D000535:Aluminum
aluminium; bioinspired materials; energetics; hemozoin; malaria