Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Creation of energetic biothermite inks using ferritin liquid protein

  • Joseph M. Slocik,
  • Ruel McKenzie,
  • Patrick B. Dennis,
  • Rajesh R. Naik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15156
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Energetic liquids often suffer from low energy density. Here, the authors create a highly energetic liquid by stabilizing aluminium nanoparticles in ferritin liquid protein, and use this ink to print energetic 3D structures.