Michelle Pantoya's Publications

2024 -

• Synthesis of Bayerite-Passivated Aluminum Particles and Their Combustion in Solid Propellants
• Breakthroughs in combustion, development of customized propellants
• Energy balance and global characteristics of metal dust flames
• Modeling adsorption reactions of ammonium perchlorate on rutile and anatase surfaces
• Signature of nano alumina condensation during metal combustion
• Fireball symmetry and its influence on perspective error from thermography data
• Prediction of Phase Transition and Ignition Sensitivity of Ammonium Periodate
• Unraveling the ignition chemistry of singly levitated aluminum iodate hexahydrate (AIH) particles
• Hydration-induced plasma surface modification of aluminum nanoparticles for power generation in oxygen deficient environments

 

2023 -

• A Metal Inorganic Framework Designed as a Propellant Burn Rate Modifier
• Establishing calibration-free pyrometry in reactive systems and demonstrating its advanced capabilities
• Exotic Inverse Kinetic Isotopic Effect in the Thermal Decomposition
  of Levitated Aluminum Iodate Hexahydrate Particles
• Demonstrating an altered metal oxidation reaction mechanism correlated
  with variations in surface energy
• On the effectiveness of metal particle combustion performance and implications to Martian missions
• Demonstrating the significance of radiant energy exchange during metal dust combustion
• Advancing the mechanical integrity and fragmentation behavior of reactive projectiles

 

2022 -

• Silicon alloying enhances fast heating rate combustion of aluminum particles
• Direct demonstration of complete combustion of gas-suspended powder metal fuel using bomb calorimetry
• Adsorption and exchange reactions of iodine molecules at the alumina surface: modelling alumina-iodine reaction mechanisms†
• In-situ thermal analysis of intermetallic and thermite projectiles in high velocity impact experiments

 

2021-

• Tailoring Thermal Transport Properties by Inducing Surface 2 Oxidation Reactions in Bulk Metal Composites
• Reaction mechanism for fluorination reactions with hydroxylated alumina sites: Pathways promoting aluminum combustion
• Comparison of pyrometry and thermography for thermal analysis of thermite reactions
• Engineering integration in elementary science classrooms: Effects of disciplinary language scaffolds on English learners' content learning and engineering identity
• Thermal oxidation analysis of aerosol synthesized fuel particles composed of Al versus Al-Si
• Surface modifications of plasma treated aluminum particles and direct evidence for altered reactivity

 

2020-

• On the Pressure Generated by Thermite Reactions Using Stress-Altered Aluminum Particles
• Aluminum particle reactivity as a function of alumina shell structure: Amorphous versus crystalline
• Synthesis of metal iodates from an energetic salt†
• Target penetration and impact analysis of intermetallic projectiles
• Thermite reactivity with ball milled aluminum-zirconium fuel particles
• Tailoring impact debris dispersion using intact or fragmented thermite projectiles
• Fostering Enthusiasm for Engineering from an Early Age

 

2019-

• A strategy for increasing the energy release rate of aluminum by replacing the alumina passivation shell with aluminum iodate hexahydrate (AIH)
• Plasma surface treatment of aluminum nanoparticles for energetic material applications
• Pre-stressing alun1inum nanoparticles as a strategy to enhance reactivity of nanothern1ite con1posites
• Highly Reactive Prestressed Aluminum under High Velocity Impact Loading: Processing for Improved Energy Conversion
• Effect of Hydration on Promoting Oxidative Reactions with Aluminum Oxide and Oxyhydroxide Nanoparticles
• Material Characterization of Plasma-Treated Aluminum Particles via Different Gases
• Highly reactive energetic films by pre-stressing nano-aluminum particles†

 

2018 -

• Impact ignition and combustion of micron-scale aluminum particles pre-stressed with different quenching rates
• Improving the Explosive Performance of Aluminum Nanoparticles with Aluminum Iodate Hexahydrate (AIH)
• Discovery of β-HIO3: A Metastable Polymorph of HIO3
• Impact ignition and combustion of micron-scale aluminum particles pre-stressed with
  different quenching rates

 

2017 - 

• Fluorination of an Alumina Surface: Modeling Aluminum−Fluorine Reaction Mechanisms
• Percolation of a metallic binder in energy generating composites
• Replacing the Al2O3 Shell on Al Particles with an Oxidizing Salt, Aluminum Iodate Hexahydrate. Part I: Reactivity
• Replacing the Al2O3 Shell on Al Particles with an Oxidizing Salt, Aluminum Iodate Hexahydrate. Part II: Synthesis
• Characterizing the feasibility of processing wet granular materials to improve rheology for 3D printing
• Extending the excluded volume for percolation threshold estimates in polydisperse systems: The binary disk system
• Peering through the flames: imaging techniques for reacting aluminum powders
• Tailoring surface conditions for enhanced reactivity of aluminum powders with solid oxidizing agents
• Surface engineered nanoparticles dispersed in kerosene: The effect of oleophobicity on droplet combustion
• Synthesis and reactive characterization of aluminum iodate hexahydrate crystals [Al(H2O)6](IO3)3(HIO3)2
• Dropping the hammer: Examining impact ignition and combustion using pre-stressed aluminum powder
• The water–iodine oxide system: a revised mechanism for hydration and dehydration

 

2016 - 

• Thermal and Combustion Properties of Energetic Thin Films with Carbon Nanotubes

• Percolation of binary disk systems: Modeling and theory