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      Fabrication and characterization of nanoscale heating sources ("nanoheaters") for nanomanufacturing 

      Jogdand, H.; Gulsoy, G.; Ando, T.; Chen, J.; Doumanidis, C. C.; Zhiyong, G.; Rebholz, Claus; Wong, P. (Affiliation: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United StatesAffiliation: Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United StatesAffiliation: Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusAffiliation: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave., Lowell, MA 0185, United StatesAffiliation: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United StatesCorrespondence Address: Jogdand, H.Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States, 2008)
      Nanoheater systems based on the exothermic reaction between aluminum and nickel were developed. Multilayered and powder-based heterostructures were fabricated and characterized, before and after ignition experiments, for ...
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      Fabrication, characterization and applications of novel nanoheater structures 

      Gu, Z.; Cui, Q.; Chen, J.; Buckley, J.; Ando, T.; Erdeniz, D.; Wong, P.; Hadjiafxenti, A.; Epaminonda, P.; Gunduz, I. E.; Rebholz, Claus; Doumanidis, C. C. (2013)
      Nanoheaters are reactive nanostructures that can generate localized heat through controlled ignition. Besides the widely used nanofoil structure with multiple alternative Al-Ni layers, various new nanostructures have been ...
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      Miniature thermal matches: From nanoheaters to reactive fractals 

      Rebholz, Claus; Gunduz, I. E.; Ando, T.; Doumanidis, C. C. (2015)
      Fine thermal actuation by miniature heat sources enables applications from electronics fabrication to tumor cauterization. This paper introduces the concept of nanoheaters, i.e., reactive bimetallic material dots (0D), ...
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      Modeling of the self-propagating reactions of nickel and aluminum multilayered foils 

      Gunduz, I. E.; Fadenberger, K.; Kokonou, M.; Rebholz, Claus; Doumanidis, C. C.; Ando, T. (2009)
      In this study, we performed simulations of self-propagating reactions of nanoscale nickel-aluminum multilayers using numerical methods. The model employs two-dimensional heat transfer equations coupled with heat generation ...
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      Ultrasonic consolidation and ignition characteristics of thermite composites 

      Pillai, S. K.; Hadjiafxenti, A.; Doumanidis, C. C.; Ando, T.; Rebholz, Claus (2012)
      The fabrication and characterization of metal-based energetic composite materials are currently being examined for a range of new applications. A newly developed ultrasonic consolidation process is used for the synthesis ...