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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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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7911588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498708 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12020118 |
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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 | pubmed-79115882021-02-28 PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems Pouchairet, Jean-Laurent Rossi, Carole Micromachines (Basel) Communication 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. MDPI 2021-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7911588/ /pubmed/33498708 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12020118 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Pouchairet, Jean-Laurent Rossi, Carole PyroMEMS as Future Technological Building Blocks for Advanced Microenergetic Systems |
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 | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7911588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498708 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12020118 |
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