Speaker Institution : Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, University of Maryland
Title: Probing Fast High Temperature Transformation in Nanoparticles for Energetic Materials
Abstract : The high temperature reactivity of metal/metal oxides is important in a wide variety of industrial applications including solar-thermal hydrogen generation, CO2 sequestering, chemical-looping combustion, and energetic materials, among others. In this seminar I will discuss probing the reactivity of nanometals and metal oxides, towards developing a conceptual picture of rate limiting and phenomenological processes, in particular for application to energetic materials. This discussion will naturally lead to what makes nanoscale materials attractive for these applications, as well as some of their limitations.