Nanomaterials in rocket propulsion systems The prospects of using nanoenergetic materials in solid rocket propulsion Vladimir E. Zarko Review on nanoexplosive materials Bing Gao Zhiqiang Qiao and Guangcheng Yang Intensive energetic materials containing two dimensional nanostructures as building blocks Qi Long Yan Michael Gozin Pei Jin Liu and Guo Qiang He Preparation characterization and application of superthermites in solid propellant Ting An Wen Gang Qu Yan Jing Yang Feng qi Zhao and Qi Long Yan Aluminum powders for energetics : properties and oxidation behavior A.A. Gromov A. Yu Nalivaiko V.P. Tarasov S.V. Zmanovsky A.N. Arnautov A.V. Sergienko and K.B. Larionov Nanoenergetic ingredients to augment solid rocket propulsion Luigi T. De Luca Performance of composite solid propellant containing nanosized metal particles WeiQiang Pang Luigi T. De. Luca Ke Wang XiaoLong Fu JunQiang Li HuiZXiang Xu XueZhong Fan and Huan Li Effect if ammonium perchlorate particle size on flow ballistic and mechanical properties of composite propellant Jauhari Ashish Gharde Swaroop and Kandasubramanian Balasubramanian New developments in composite propellants catalysis : from nanoparticles to metallo polyurethanes Carlos Hortelano and José Luis de la Fuente Chemical propulsion of microthrusters Ruiqi Shen Yinghua Ye Chengling Wang Chengbo Ru and Ji Dai Chemical propulsion of microthrusters Ruiqi Shen Yinghua Ye Chengling Want Chengbo Ru and Ji Dai Integrated Micropropulsion systems with nanoenergetic propellants Mkhitar Hobosyan Sergey E. Lyshevski and Karen S. Martirosyan Polymer nanocomposite ablative technologies for solid rocket motors Joseph H. Koo and Jon Langston Nanotube nanowire toughened carbon carbon composites and their coatings Qiang Song Lei Zhuang and Qian Gang Fu An introduction to ablative materials and high temperature testing protocols Marco Rallini Maurizio Natali and Luigi Torre. Nanomaterials in rocket propulsion systems covers the fundamentals of nanomaterials and examines a wide range of innovative applications presenting the current state of the art in the field. Opening with a chapter on nano sized energetic materials the book examines metal nanoparticles based fuels ballistic modifiers stabilizers and catalysts as the components of rocket propellants. Hydrogen storage materials for rocket propulsion based on nanotubes are then discussed as are nano porous materials and metal organic frameworks nano gelled propellants nano composite ablators and ceramic nano composites. Other applications examined include high thermal conductivity metallic nano composite nozzle liners nano emitters for Coulomb propulsion of space crafts and highly thermostable nano ceramics for rocket motors. The book finishes with coverage of combustion of nano sized rocket fuels nano particles and their combustion in micro and nano electromechanical systems (MEMS NEMS) plasma propulsion and nano scale physics. Users will find this to be a valuable resource for academic and government institutions professionals new researchers and graduate students working in the application of nanomaterials in the aerospace industry