Selected Publications

A complete list of scientific publications can be found at : full publications

Book & Editorials

Miniaturized Pyrotechnic Systems, meet the performance need while limiting the environmental impact, Micromachines 2022, 13(3) https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13030376
Engineering of Al/CuO reactive multilayer thin films for tunable initiation and actuation, Propellants Explos. & Pyrotech (2018) https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.201800045
Metallized reactive materials, a road to clean and sustainable pyrotechnics, Propellants Explos. Pyrotech. 2023, 48 (5) https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.202380531
Al-based energetic nanomaterials - design, manufacturing, properties and applications, ISTE Ltd, London and John Wiley & Sons, New York, June 2015
Two decades of research on nano-energetic materials,Propellants Explos. Pyrotech. 2014; 39, 323 https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.201480151
Nanoscale energetic materials, J. Phys. Chem. Sol. 2010, 71, 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2009.10.015

Scientific Journals (text available on request) :

Combustion model for thermite materials integrating explicit and coupled treatment of condensed and gas phase kinetics, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Volume 39 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.08.117
How positioning of a hard ceramic TiB2 layer in Al/CuO multilayers can regulate the overall energy release behavior, Fuel, Volume 349, 2023, 128599 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128599
Comprehending the influence of the particle size and stoichiometry on Al/CuO thermite combustion in close bomb: a theoretical study, Propellants Explos. Pyrotech, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.202200334
Pioneering insights into the superior performance of titanium as a fuel in energetic materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, 453, 2, 2023, 139922 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.139922
Initial Stage of Titanium Oxidation in Ti/CuO Thermites: a Molecular Dynamics Study Using ReaxFF Forcefields, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023, 25, 16, 11268 – 11277 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP00032J
First-principles investigation of CuO decomposition and its transformation into Cu2O, Phys. Rev. Materials 6, 9, 096001 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.096001
Influence of process parameters on energetic properties of sputter-deposited Al/CuO reactive multilayers, Nanotechnology (2022) 33 465704 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ac85c5
Atomic scale insights into the first reaction stages prior to Al/CuO nanothermite ignition: influence of porosity, ACS applied materials & interfaces 14 (25), 29451-29461 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c07069
Selecting machine learning models to support the design of Al/CuO nanothermites, J. Phys. Chem. A (2022) 126, 7, 1245–1254 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09520
Engineered porosity-induced burn rate enhancement in dense Al/CuO nanothermites, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022, 5, 3, 3189–3198 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c03805
Effect of substrate–induced localized stress on the combustion properties of Al/CuO reactive multilayer films, Thin Solid Films, 740 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2021.139000
Atomic scale insights into the first reaction stages prior to Al/CuO nanothermite ignition: influence of porosity, ACS applied materials & interfaces (2022) 14 (25), 29451-29461. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c07069
A benchmark study of burning rate of thermites through a gasless model, Appl. Sci. (2021) 11(14), 6553. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146553
Processing and Properties of Direct Written gas-generating Reactive Layers, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. (2021) 3, 8, 3972–3980. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00513 https://hal.laas.fr/hal-03302390
Enhanced Reactivity of Copper Complex-Based Reactive Materials via Mechanical Milling. Combustion and Flame 233 (2021) 111598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.111598 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03312787/
Low-Temperature Exothermic Reactions in Al/CuO Nanothermites Producing Copper Nanodots and Accelerating Combustion, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. (2021) doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c00236. https://hal.u-pec.fr/LAAS-GESTION-DE-L-ENERGIE/hal-03179381v1
Unexpected Enhanced Reactivity of Aluminized Nanothermites by Accelerated Aging, Chemical Engineering Journal (2021) 129432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.129432 https://hal.laas.fr/hal-03175736
Elucidating the dominant mechanisms in burn rate increase of thermite nanolaminates incorporating nanoparticle inclusions, Nanotechnology 32 (21), 215401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/abe6c8 https://hal.laas.fr/hal-03174367
Modelling the self-propagation reaction in heterogeneous and dense media: application to Al/CuO thermite, Combustion and Flame (2021) 228 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.01.040 https://hal.inria.fr/hal-03139669/

How thermal aging affects energetic properties of reactive Al/CuO nanolaminates: a joint theoretical/experimental study, Nanomaterials (2020)10, 2087 https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102087
Layered Al/CuO Thin Films for Tunable Ignition and Actuations. Nanomaterials 2020, 10 (2009) https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102009
Probing the reaction zone of nanolaminates at ~μs time and ~μm spatial resolution, ACS J. Phys. Chem. C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01647 https://hal.inria.fr/hal-02873415/
New coordination complexes-based gas-generating energetic composites, Combustion and Flame 219, 478-487 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.05.022
A Beehive Inspired Hydrogen Photocatalytic Device Integrating a Carbo-benzene Triptych Material for Efficient Solar Photo-reduction of Seawater, Advanced Sustainable Systems (2020) 2000121 https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202000121
Integration of Gold nanoparticles as a strategy to modulate the ignitability of nanothermite films, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. (2020) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b02619 https://hal.inria.fr/hal-02885829/
PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems, Micromachines 2021, 12(2), 118; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12020118
The role of alkylamine in the stabilization of CuO nanoparticles as a determinant of the Al/CuO redox reaction, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21 (29) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/CP/C9CP02220A

Self-propagating combustion of sputter-deposited Al/CuO nanolaminates, Combustion and Flame 205, 389 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.04.031
A redox reaction model for self-heating and aging prediction of Al/CuO multilayers, Combustion Theory and Modelling 1 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1080/13647830.2019.1584336
A condensed phase model of the initial Al/CuO reaction stage to interpret experimental findings, J. Appl. Phys. 125, 035102 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5063285
Al Interaction with ZnO Surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 31, 17856–17864 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04952
Correlation between DNA Self-Assembly Kinetics, Microstructure, and Thermal Properties of Tunable Highly Energetic Al-CuO Nanocomposites for Micro-Pyrotechnic Applications, ACS Appl. Nano Mat., 1 (9), 4716 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.8b00939
Effect of surface nano/micro-structuring on the early formation of microbial anodes with Geobacter sulfurreducens: Experimental and theoretical approaches, Bioelectrochemistry 121, 191 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2018.02.005
Structure and chemical characterization at the atomic level of reactions in Al/CuO multilayers, ACS Applied Energy Materials 1 (4), (2018) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b00296
Fast circuit breaker based on integration of Al/CuO nanothermites, Sensor & Actuator A 273, 249 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2018.02.044
Controlled growth and grafting of High-Density Au Nanoparticles on Zinc Oxide Thin Films by Photo-Deposition, Langmuir 34 (5), (2018) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04105
Investigation of Al/CuO multilayered thermite ignition, J. Appl. Phys. 121, 034503 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4974288
Role of Trimethylaluminum (TMA) in Low Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition of Silicon Nitride, ACS Chem. Mat. 29, 6022, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01816
Basic Mechanisms of Al Interaction with the ZnO Surface, ACS J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 12788 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02661
A diffusion - reaction scheme for modelling ignition and self-propagating reactions in Al/CuO multilayered thin films, Journal of Applied Physics, 122, 155105 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5000312
Performance Enhancement via Incorporation of ZnO Nanolayers in Energetic Al/CuO Multilayers, ACS Langmuir 33 (41), pp 11086–11093, (2017) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02964
A multi-phase micro-kinetic model for simulating aluminum based thermite reactions, Combustion and Flame, 180 , 10–19 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.02.031
Role of impurities, defects and their complexes on the trapping of hydrogen in bulk aluminum and on the Al(111) surface, Computational Materials Science 126 (2017) 272–279 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.09.047
Effect of temperature and O₂ pressure on the gaseous species produced during combustion of Aluminum, Chemical Physics Letters, 649 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2016.02.048
Self-organized Al2Cu nanocrystals at the interface of aluminum based reactive nanolaminates to lower reaction onset temperature, ACS App. Mat. & Inter. 8, 13104 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b02008
Role of alumina coatings for selective and controlled bonding of DNA on technologically relevant oxide surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 23527, 2 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06820
Enhancing the reactivity of Al/CuO nanolaminates by incorporing Cu at the interfaces, ACS App. Mat. & Inter. 22, 11713 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b02653
Modelling the pressure generation in Alumino-based thermites, Propellants Explos. & Pyrotech 40, 402 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.201400297
NanoEnergetics as pressure generator for nontoxic impact primers: comparison of Al/Bi2O3, Al/CuO, Al/MoO3 nanothermites and Al/PTFE, Combustion & Flame 162, 1813 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.12.002
Elementary surface chemistry during CuO/Al nanothermite synthesis: copper and oxygen deposition on Aluminum (111) surfaces, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 6, 15086 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1021/am503126k
Interfacial chemistry in Al/CuO reactive nanomaterial and its role in exothermic reaction, ACS App. Mat. & Int. 5 (3), 605 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1021/am3019405
High-Energy Al/CuO nanocomposites obtained by DNA Directed assembly, Advanced Functional Materials, 22, 323 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201100763

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