PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems
For the past two decades, many research groups have investigated new methods for reducing the size and cost of safe and arm-fire systems, while also improving their safety and reliability, through batch processing. Simultaneously, micro- and nanotechnology advancements regarding nanothermite materia...
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| description | For the past two decades, many research groups have investigated new methods for reducing the size and cost of safe and arm-fire systems, while also improving their safety and reliability, through batch processing. Simultaneously, micro- and nanotechnology advancements regarding nanothermite materials have enabled the production of a key technological building block: pyrotechnical microsystems (pyroMEMS). This building block simply consists of microscale electric initiators with a thin thermite layer as the ignition charge. This microscale to millimeter-scale addressable pyroMEMS enables the integration of intelligence into centimeter-scale pyrotechnical systems. To illustrate this technological evolution, we hereby present the development of a smart infrared (IR) electronically controllable flare consisting of three distinct components: (1) a controllable pyrotechnical ejection block comprising three independently addressable small-scale propellers, all integrated into a one-piece molded and interconnected device, (2) a terminal function block comprising a structured IR pyrotechnical loaf coupled with a microinitiation stage integrating low-energy addressable pyroMEMS, and (3) a connected, autonomous, STANAG 4187 compliant, electronic sensor arming and firing block. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f909e96bc8e421fae0e4a43aa6a50482023-12-03T14:25:18ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2021-01-0112211810.3390/mi12020118PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic SystemsJean-Laurent Pouchairet0Carole Rossi1LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, 7 Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31077 Toulouse, FranceLAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, 7 Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31077 Toulouse, FranceFor the past two decades, many research groups have investigated new methods for reducing the size and cost of safe and arm-fire systems, while also improving their safety and reliability, through batch processing. Simultaneously, micro- and nanotechnology advancements regarding nanothermite materials have enabled the production of a key technological building block: pyrotechnical microsystems (pyroMEMS). This building block simply consists of microscale electric initiators with a thin thermite layer as the ignition charge. This microscale to millimeter-scale addressable pyroMEMS enables the integration of intelligence into centimeter-scale pyrotechnical systems. To illustrate this technological evolution, we hereby present the development of a smart infrared (IR) electronically controllable flare consisting of three distinct components: (1) a controllable pyrotechnical ejection block comprising three independently addressable small-scale propellers, all integrated into a one-piece molded and interconnected device, (2) a terminal function block comprising a structured IR pyrotechnical loaf coupled with a microinitiation stage integrating low-energy addressable pyroMEMS, and (3) a connected, autonomous, STANAG 4187 compliant, electronic sensor arming and firing block.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/12/2/118microenergeticsMEMSpyroMEMSIR flarenanothermite |
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| title | PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems |
| title_full | PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems |
| title_fullStr | PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems |
| title_short | PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems |
| title_sort | pyromems as future technological building blocks for advanced microenergetic systems |
| topic | microenergetics MEMS pyroMEMS IR flare nanothermite |
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