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Self-assembled CuO nanoarchitectures and their catalytic activity in the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

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CuO shuttle-like and flower-like nanocrystals were synthesized through a one-step, low-temperature solution-phase method in the presence of a cation surfactant, hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide. These nanocrystals were studied as an additive for promoting the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP). With the addition of CuO shuttle-like and flower-like nanocrystals, the thermal decomposition temperature of AP decreased. The structure, particle size, and morphology of resulting CuO powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Thermogravimetric analysis technique was applied to investigate the thermal decomposition of mixtures of AP and as-prepared CuO nanocrystals.

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of this research by the Key Technology R&D program of Heilongjiang Province (no.TB06A05), Science Fund for Young Scholar of Harbin City (no. 2004AFQXJ038), and basic research fund for Harbin Engineering University (no. mzj07076).

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    Jun Wang, Shanshan He, Zhanshuang Li, Xiaoyan Jing & Milin Zhang

  2. College of Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, People’s Republic of China

    Jun Wang & Zhaohua Jiang

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Wang, J., He, S., Li, Z. et al. Self-assembled CuO nanoarchitectures and their catalytic activity in the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Colloid Polym Sci 287, 853–858 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-009-2040-1

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