Highly efficient design on the levels of molecule and crystal, as well as formulation, is highly
desired for accelerating the development of energetic materials (EMs). Sensitivity is one of …

Over the past 20 years, a number of scientists have conducted numerous fundamental
investigations based on quantum chemistry theory into various mechanistic processes that …

It has been known for decades that high performances for explosives (as characterized by
detonation velocity D, detonation pressure P, or Gurney energy EG) are connected with high …

The ease with which an energetic material (explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics) can
be initiated is a critical parameter to assess their safety and application. Impact sensitivity …

On the basis of our previous Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation (Wei, CX; Huang, H.;
Duan, XH; Pei CH Propell. Explos. Pyrot. 2009, 67, 2822− 2826), a cocrystal explosive …

Three kinds of octahydro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetranitro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetrazocine (HMX) samples with
spherical (β-phase), needle (γ-phase) and polyhedral (β-phase) shapes were fabricated by …

The article presents a survey of the development trends in studies of sensitivity (initiation
reactivity) of energetic materials (EMs) over the last nine years, focusing mainly on impact …

The impact sensitivity (IS) of FOX-7 polymorphs is predicted by phonon up-pumping to
decrease as layers of FOX-7 molecules flatten. Experimental validation proved anomalous …

The chemistry of energetic materials can be described applying acid‐base reaction
formalism. Addressing the HSAB concept, the number of electrons transferred, ΔN, in an …

In order to predict the impact sensitivity of high explosives, we designed and evaluated
several models based on the trigger linkage hypothesis and the Arrhenius equation. To this …