Browsing by Subject "Ion-assisted pulse-plasma assembling"

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Harnessing phonon wave resonance in carbyne-enriched nano-interfaces to enhance energy release in nanoenergetic materials
(Begell House, Inc., 2024-07-30) Lukin, Alexander; Gülseren, Oğuz
This paper introduces a new nanotechnology-driven approach that provides a transformative pathway to substantially enhance the energy release efficiency of nanoenergetic materials (nEMs) without altering their chemical composition. The groundbreaking concept involves strategically harnessing, self-synchronized collective atomic vibrations and phonon wave resonance phenomena within the transition domain's interconnecting nanocomponents. A key novelty is the incorporation of meticulously engineered two-dimensional-ordered linear-chain carbon-based multilayer nano-enhanced interfaces as programmable nanodevices into these transition domains, facilitated by advanced multistage processing and assembly techniques. These programmable nanodevices enable unprecedented control over the initiation, propagation, and coupling of self-synchronized collective atomic vibrations and phonon waves, unleashing powerful synergistic effects. Central to this approach is the bidirectional, self-reinforcing interaction between precisely tailored nano-architectures and phonon dynamics within the multilayer nano-enhanced interfaces. This synergistic coupling facilitates the rational programming of energy transfer pathways, granting access to previously inaccessible energy reserves inherently locked within the nEM systems. To optimally activate and harness these synergistic mechanisms, a strategic combination of cutting-edge methods is judiciously employed. These include energy-driven stimulation of allotropic phase transformations, surface acoustic wave-assisted manipulation at micro-/nanoscales, heteroatom doping, directed self-assembly driven by high-frequency electromagnetic fields, and a data-driven inverse design framework. Notably, by leveraging a data-driven inverse design strategy rooted in multi-factorial neural network predictive models, we uncover previously hidden structure-property relationships governing the nano-enhanced interfaces. This novel data-driven "nanocarbon genome" approach enables rational maximization of energy release efficiency in nEM systems. Overall, this transformative nanoscale concept not only unlocks unprecedented high-energy functionalities but also ushers in significant improvements in environmental sustainability and operational safety for nEMs
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Tailoring vibrational signature and functionality of 2d-ordered linear-chain carbon-based nanocarriers for predictive performance enhancement of high-end energetic materials
(MDPI, 2022-04-01) Lukin, Alexander; Gülseren, Oğuz
A recently proposed, game-changing transformative energetics concept based on predictive synthesis and preprocessing at the nanoscale is considered as a pathway towards the development of the next generation of high-end nanoenergetic materials for future multimode solid propulsion systems and deep-space-capable small satellites. As a new door for the further performance enhancement of transformative energetic materials, we propose the predictive ion-assisted pulse-plasma-driven assembling of the various carbon-based allotropes, used as catalytic nanoadditives, by the 2D-ordered linear-chained carbon-based multicavity nanomatrices serving as functionalizing nanocarriers of multiple heteroatom clusters. The vacant functional nanocavities of the nanomatrices available for heteroatom doping, including various catalytic nanoagents, promote heat transfer enhancement within the reaction zones. We propose the innovative concept of fine-tuning the vibrational sig-natures, functionalities and nanoarchitectures of the mentioned nanocarriers by using the surface acoustic waves-assisted micro/nanomanipulation by the pulse-plasma growth zone combined with the data-driven carbon nanomaterials genome approach, which is a deep materials informatics-based toolkit belonging to the fourth scientific paradigm. For the predictive manipulation by the micro-and mesoscale, and the spatial distribution of the induction and energy release domains in the reaction zones, we propose the activation of the functionalizing nanocarriers, assembled by the heteroatom clusters, through the earlier proposed plasma-acoustic coupling-based technique, as well as by the Teslaphoresis force field, thus inducing the directed self-assembly of the mentioned nanocarbon-based additives and nanocarriers. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.