United States Military Academy 4 articles published in JoVE Chemistry A Salt-Templated Synthesis Method for Porous Platinum-based Macrobeams and Macrotubes F. John Burpo1,2, Anchor R. Losch1, Enoch A. Nagelli1,2, Stephen J. Winter1, Stephen F. Bartolucci3, Joshua P. McClure4, David R. Baker4, Jack K. Bui1, Alvin R. Burns1, Sean F. O’Brien1, Greg T. Forcherio4, Brittany R. Aikin1, Kelsey M. Healy1, Mason H. Remondelli1, Alexander N. Mitropoulos1,5, Lance Richardson1,2, J. Kenneth Wickiser1, Deryn D. Chu4 1Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, 2Photonics Research Center, United States Military Academy, 3U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armaments Center, 4United States Army Research Laboratory-Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, 5Department of Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy A synthesis method to obtain porous platinum-based macrotubes and macrobeams with a square cross section through chemical reduction of insoluble salt-needle templates is presented. Chemistry Synthesis Method for Cellulose Nanofiber Biotemplated Palladium Composite Aerogels Fred J. Burpo1, Jesse L. Palmer1, Alexander N. Mitropoulos1,2, Enoch A. Nagelli1, Lauren A. Morris3, Madeline Y. Ryu1, J. Kenneth Wickiser1 1Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, 2Department of Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy, 3Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, U.S. Army RDECOM-ARDEC A synthesis method for cellulose nanofiber biotemplated palladium composite aerogels is presented.The resulting composite aerogel materials offer potential for catalysis, sensing, and hydrogen gas storage applications. Chemistry A Rapid Synthesis Method for Au, Pd, and Pt Aerogels Via Direct Solution-Based Reduction Fred J. Burpo1, Enoch A. Nagelli1, Lauren A. Morris2, Joshua P. McClure3, Madeline Y. Ryu1, Jesse L. Palmer1 1Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, 2Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, U.S. Army RDECOM-ARDEC, 3Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, United States Army Research Laboratory A rapid, direct solution-based reduction synthesis method to obtain Au, Pd, and Pt aerogels is presented. Engineering Production of Synthetic Nuclear Melt Glass Joshua J. Molgaard1, John D. Auxier II2,3, Andrew V. Giminaro2,3, Colton J. Oldham2, Jonathan Gill2, Howard L. Hall2,3,4 1Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, United States Military Academy, 2Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, 3Radiochemistry Center of Excellence (RCoE), University of Tennessee, 4Institute for Nuclear Security, University of Tennessee A protocol for the production of synthetic nuclear melt glass, similar to trinitite, is presented.
