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Electrochemical nitration to synthesize 1,3,4- trinitropyrazole

To explore a sustainable nitration method for energetic materials, thereby mitigating the risks associated with the use of strong acids and oxidants typically employed in conventional synthesis. The...

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Advancing thermal stability through positional pyrazole isomerization: Synthesis and characterization of 2’-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1H,2’H-5,5’-bistetrazole and its energetic derivatives

The development of energetic compounds with superior comprehensive properties remains a central focus in energetic materials research. By employing positional pyrazole isomerization, we have successfully...

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Anisotropic shock response in oriented omnidirectional TATB supercells based on reactive molecular dynamics simulations

1,3,5-Triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) is a highly insensitive energetic material used in applications where extreme safety is required primarily. Ensuring the safe use of TATB as planned relies...

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Micromechanical models and experiments for diffractive elastic constants of TATB-based polymer-bonded explosives

TATB-based polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs) exhibit intricate internal stress distributions due to crystal anisotropy. When diffraction techniques are employed to measure these internal residual stresses,...

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Shock reaction model for impact energy release behavior of Al/PTFE reactive material

Metal/polymer reactive materials are inert under normal temperature and pressure conditions and possess a certain level of structural strength, allowing them to be fabricated into components such as...

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A density functional theory investigation of the substituent effect on acyclovir and guanine derivatives for applications on energetic materials

The main challenge in designing new energetic materials is to find a good balance between four seemingly incompatible requirements, namely, high-energy content, low sensitivity, low production costs...

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Machine learning-assisted quantitative prediction of thermal decomposition temperatures of energetic materials and their thermal stability analysis

In this study, machine learning (ML)-assisted regression modeling was conducted to predict the thermal decomposition temperatures and explore the factors that correlate with the thermal stability of...

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Effects of the crystallinity of fluoropolymer binders components in polymer-bonded explosives on shock Hugoniots: A computational study

Fluoropolymers play a crucial role as binders in polymer-bonded explosive (PBX) formulations. However, there is a lack of clear understanding of the effects of increased fluoropolymer crystallinity...

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EM Database v1.0: A benchmark informatics platform for data-driven discovery of energetic materials

Large-scale data demonstrates great significance for the discovery of novel energetic materials (EMs). However, the open-source databases of EMs are not readily available. In pursuit of high-performance...

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Identifying the determining factors of detonation properties for linear nitroaliphatics with high-throughput computation and machine learning

In this work, a high-throughput computation (HTC) and machine learning (ML) combined method was applied to identify the determining factors of the detonation velocity (vd) and detonation pressure (pd)...

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Quantifying the Influence of Dispersion Interactions on the Elastic Properties of Energetic NTO Polymorphs

3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazole-5-one (NTO) is a promising energetic compound with high energy and low sensitivity. Herein, the elastic properties of three NTO polymorphs are studied using dispersion-corrected...

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Research progress of energetic coordination complexes with laser ignition performance

In recent years, laser ignition technology has aroused great attention due to its advantages of simple operation, high safety and strong anti-electromagnetic interference ability. One of the key factors...

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Constructing high-performance and stable energetic salts through enhanced conjugation and increased hydrogen bonds

The pursuit of novel energetic materials with enhanced energy and safety represents an enduring challenge. Towards this goal, we employed the energetic salts to design and synthesize a metal salt (1)...

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Interactions between a neutral polymeric bonding agent and nitramine explosives and their influencing factors

Neutral polymer bonding agents (NPBAs) have proven highly effective in enhancing the interfacial bonding between the bonding matrix and nitramine explosives such as cyclic trimethylene trinitramine...

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A new sulfur-containing laser-sensitive primary explosive based on thiazole-4-carbohydrazide

This study effectively synthesized thiazole-4-carbohydrazide (SZCA) and its ionic salt SZCA·HClO4 and energetic complex Cu(SZCA)2(ClO4)2 (ECC-1). The new compound SZCA, SZCA·HClO4 and ECC-1 were fully...

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Tensors of thermal deformation for various polymorphic modifications of 2,4-dinitroanisole

The anisotropic characteristics of thermal deformation of ultrapure 2,4-dinitroanisole (2,4-DNAN) crystals were determined by the methods of powder thermorentgenography of the internal standard. The...

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Construction and combustion behavior of horizontal two-dimension combustion networks of boron-metal oxides

In order to break through the top-down combustion mode brought by the traditional pillars, it is explored to explore the exploration of delay composition array construction in two-dimensional dimensions....

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Application of inkjet printing using micro-nano CL-20-based PVA colloidal suspension with desensitization to MEMS-based pyrotechnics

The micro-scale detonation sequence prepared by the inkjet printing using all-liquid 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazawurtzitan (CL-20)-based energetic inks enables the micro-space fine-scale...

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Design and performance of a micro-scale detonation train with a built-in pyrotechnic MEMS-based safety and arming device

To improve the equipment miniaturization and reliability of weapons and ammunition systems, this study designs a micro-scale detonation train (MDT) with a built-in pyrotechnic microelectromechanical...

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Storage stability and safe storage life assessments of gradiently denitrated spherical gun propellants

As a new type of gun propellant, Gradiently denitrated spherical gun propellants (GDSP) demonstrate excellent progressive combustion performance and clean combustion performance. However, its unknown...

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