Descripción del proyecto
Nuevos materiales que mejoran la seguridad de los dispositivos pirotécnicos
El rápido avance de la nanotecnología en las últimas décadas ha permitido desarrollar nuevos nanomateriales reactivos y energéticos. Estos materiales se estudian en profundidad para su utilización en la pirotécnica. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos PyroSafe tiene por objeto crear una nueva generación de materiales energéticos seguros y versátiles con estructuras adaptadas a nanoescala para sustituir las antiguas sustancias energéticas inseguras empleadas en dispositivos pirotécnicos. Unos microsistemas integrados críticos para la seguridad detectarán catástrofes y activarán respuestas de seguridad rápidas. En general, la innovadora tecnología de PyroSafe introduce un nuevo modo de pensar y fabricar materiales energéticos como componentes seguros que se pueden programar y proteger. Además, la tecnología influirá considerablemente en la sociedad, dado que permitirá obtener una respuesta inmediata en caso de accidente en lugar del enfoque actual basado en la prevención.
Objetivo
PyroSafe aims at (1) creating a new generation of safe and versatile energetic materials with tailored architectures at nanoscales to replace old unsafe energetic substances currently used in pyrodevices; (2) enabling a new technology based on the co-integration of electronic components with these new types of energetic layers; (3) manufacturing high energetic microsystems able to produce multiple functionalities (gas, heat, or generation of chemical species) to implement relevant emergency safety responses.
This involves both evolutionary and revolutionary advances in metal/oxide materials science and engineering that constitute the focus of the proposed work. Specifically, I will develop: i. multi-scale (nm to mm) processing methodologies combining vapor-deposition techniques with additive manufacturing methods, to tailor the structural features of the energetic layers to the application needs; ii. an understanding of the physical and chemical processes at the most fundamental level to predict composition/structure/performance relationships and aging mechanisms; iii. a heterogeneous assembly process to co-integrate the energetic layers with electronic circuits. As key achievements of the project, three safety-critical microsystems, capable of detecting catastrophes and trigger quick safety responses, will be demonstrated with prototypes, ensuring that the basic research performed in initial thrusts will directly contribute to the development of novel microsystems.
Overall, the PyroSafe technology will constitute a technological breakthrough in the current “pyrotechnical systems industry” by introducing a new way of thinking and manufacturing energetic materials as safe programmable and protectable components in a field led, for decades, by organic chemistry. Furthermore, the output of this research will have a deep and broad impact on the European society by introducing a real-time response to accidents in contrast to the current approach based on prevention.
Ámbito científico
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistry
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compounds
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
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Régimen de financiación
ERC-ADG - Advanced GrantInstitución de acogida
75794 Paris
Francia