Virtual Special Issue: Advanced Energetic Materials (AEMs) and Applications

Notable progress have been made in the exploration of theoretical design, ignition, combustion, detonation, and application of advanced energetic materials (AEMs). This includes metals fuels, energetic fillers, composite energetic materials, combustion catalysts, thermites and novel energetic materials.

In various chemical propulsion systems, the preparation, combustion and industry application of AEMs with nano-scale or micro-scale particle size and their composites have been widely studied. The introduction of new technologies such as measurement techniques, calculation methods, physical-informed machine learning and data-driven modeling have also promoted the understanding of the mechanisms of ignition, combustion and detonation reactions. Nonetheless, the development and application of AEMs still face major limitations, including safety, stability, cost, environmental pollution and other considerations.

This Virtual Special Issue will serve as a platform for sharing the latest insights, theories, approaches and applications in the field, with a focus on AEMs in chemical propellants, explosives and pyrotechnics.

Topics

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

(1) Advanced energetic materials;

(2) Green synthesis and modification of energetic materials;

(3) Nano- and micro-scale energetic materials;

(4) Simulation and design of energetic materials;

(5) Advanced manufacturing technology of energetic materials;

(6) Ignition and combustion of energetic materials;

(7) Diagnostic technology of energetic materials;

(8) Safety evaluation of energetic materials;

(9) Application of energetic materials;

(10) Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics;

(11) Cutting edge new technologies for energetic materials;

(12) Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data or model-driven in energetic materials;

(13) New concepts, ideas, theories, and methods related to energetic materials and their applications. 

Submission instructions:

Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online; please select VSI: AEMs and Applications on submission.

Submission deadline: 30 April 2026

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