High-temperature synthesis in nanostructured heterogeneous systems

•Obtaining of the nanostructured mixtures. Models and estimations.•Mechanical milling.•High-temperature synthesis. The methods of realization and analysis.•Results of modern experimental and theoretical investigations.•The physical features of the synthesis in nanostructured systems.

It is well known that the industrial processes of composite materials obtaining are costly and energy-intensive procedures. In the last decades, the method of high-temperature synthesis in mechanically activated powder mixtures is widely used. This method gives an opportunity to realize the synthesis in the solid-state mode of combustion and to obtain the nanostructured products. It is of great importance in terms of industrial needs (obtaining of filters, catalysts, low porosity bulk samples, protective coatings and etc.).In the present paper, the analysis of the modern methods of mechanically activated, nanostructured systems obtaining is presented. The methods of synthesis initiation, analysis of phase formation processes, analysis of some experimental results and current concepts of nanostructured heterogeneous systems combustion are considered.