Nanomaterials in Rocket Propulsion Systems

Qi-Long Yan is a postdoctoral research fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He has previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi’an, China. His research is on the investigation of energetic complexes based on carbon nanomaterials and used in solid propellants and high explosives. Guo-Qiang He is a Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi-an, China, and Director of the Shaanxi Institute of Aeronautics. He is a member of the academic committee of the Chinese Hypersonic Technology Research and Development Center, and his research interests are aerospace propulsion applications, including rocket engine technology. Pei-Jin Liu is Professor and Vice-Dean of the School of Astronautics at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi-an, China. He has published two books on astronautic propulsion and combustion and conducts research on rocket propulsion, combustion diagnostics and instability. Michael Gozin is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Tel Aviv University, Israel. His research activity focuses on the preparation and characterization of novel nitrogen-rich materials for fire-extinguishing and other applications, preparation of new materials for therapy and biomedical imaging, and development of new chemosensors for forensic and other applications.

• 1. 2-Dimentional Energetic Nanomaterials for Insensitive Solid Rocket Propellants2. Metal Nanoparticles and Their Combustion Behaviour3. Catalytic Effects of Solid Propellants by Inorganic Nanoaddtives4. Combustion of Nanothermites in Micro Propulsion Systems5. Developments in Flat-Panel Nano-Particle MEMS/NEMS Thrusters6. Preparation of Metal Nanoparticles and their Combustion in Composite Propellants7. Recent Advances in Nanoelectromechanical Systems8. Polymer Nanocomposites for Rocket Ablators9. Effect of Metal Nanoparticles on Processing and Performances of Composite Propellants10. Highly Thermal Conductive Nanocomposite for Nozzle Liners11. Nanoparticles-based Electric Propulsion for Space Exploration12. Plasma Propulsion and Plasma-based Nanotechnology13. Nanoscale Energetic Materials: Particle Processing Technology14. Nano-gelled Cryogenic Propellants with Nano-particulate Additives