Carole Rossi
- Highly Reactive Multilayer films
This includes thin-film development using physical vapor deposition technique; the study of oxidation and reaction steps; and the study of flame propagation mechanisms as well.
Along the line, several different fuel materials are explored Al, Ti, Zr, TiB2 and their combinations.
- Understanding Al powder combustion
This includes describing accurately the combustion of Al particles beds and quantifying how radiation, conduction, convection, and momentum transfer compete and evolve with packing density. This research builds up on recent advances in high-performance computing, machine-learned interatomic potentials, and high-speed in-operando diagnostics making it possible to resolve chemistry at the atomic scale, particle interactions at the mesoscale, and flame dynamics at the system scale.
- Continuous model for the flame propagation in thermites
The purpose of this research is to develop one-dimensional (1D) model that describes the dynamics of the reaction front propagation in Al/CuO and Al/Fe2O3 powdered thermite considering the reacting flow combined with heat transfer, chemistry and fluid flow. These models are crucial for design purpose.
- Micropyrotechnical devices
We develop ultra-fast data destruction device based on a highly reactive energetic nanomaterial composed of fine aluminum (Al) powder and specific oxidizer. This innovative technology is currently undergoing industrial technology transfer.
