I found a good article with a number of links to nanothermite articles here

http://open.salon.com/blog/vzn/2009/04/17/911_and_nanothermite

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Non-911 references to "nano thermite":

+ Modeling the Melt Dispersion Mechanism For Nanoparticle Combustion +
http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-11022007-144001/unrestricted/Francis_Andrew_Thesis.pdf

+ Production and Characterization of Silicon Nanostructures for the
Advancement of Novel Energetic Formulations +
http://www.asc2008.com/manuscripts/M/MO-02.pdf

See section 2.5 on page 2

+ Tunability of Nanoenergetic Materials +
http://www.nt.ntnu.no/users/skoge/prost/proceedings/aiche-2008/data/papers/P128319.pdf

Start after "Introduction"

+ Nanotechnology in Aerospace +
http://www.nanoforum.org/dateien/temp/Nanotechnology%20in%20Aerospace.pdf?19042007135603

See page 56

+ Generation of fast propagating combustion and shock waves with
copper oxide/aluminum nanothermite composites +
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APPLAB000091000024243109000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

+ Melt dispersion mechanism for fast reaction of nanothermites +