“…Both MD 8,9,10,11,12 and experimental investigations6 ,13,14 revealed melting of the crystalline solids during the reaction of Ni/Al nanolaminates and Ni/Al nano-particleswhile evidence for solid-state reactions was observed in mechanically activated Ni/Al. 13 The process of melting absorbs a fraction of the energy generated during the chemical reactions (due to the heat of fusion) and consequentlyleads to a local drop in temperature degrading performance. 9,10,12 In this Communication we explore the viability ofamorphous materials for intermolecular reactive composites(aIRCs) which, with melting a 2 nd order phase transition with no heat of fusion,we hypothesize will outperform their crystalline counterparts.…”