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AIP Advances, 2015 Experiments have shown that the shock sensitivity of a single crystal pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) has a strong dependence on the crystal orientation. The ignition and growth (I & G) model has been widely used in studies of the shock initiation of
Ki-Hong Kim, Jack J. Yoh
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Nanomaterials, 2022 The development of methods ensuring reliable control over explosive chemical reactions is a critical task for the safe and efficient application of energetic materials. Triggering the explosion by laser radiation is one of the promising methods.
Anton S. Zverev +6 more
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Rapid fragmentation contributing to the low heat resistance of energetic materials
FirePhysChem, 2021 Heat resistance is a basic and crucial characteristic of energetic materials (EMs), and always accounted in development and application. Compared with the clear origin of the high heat resistance of EMs, the mechanism for the low heat resistance remains ...
Fanfan Wang +4 more
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Expression of a Drosophila glutathione transferase in Arabidopsis confers ability to detoxify the environmental pollutant, and explosive, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene [PDF]
, 2017 The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a significant, global environmental pollutant that is both toxic and recalcitrant to degradation. Given the sheer scale and inaccessible nature of contaminated areas, phytoremediation may be a viable clean-up ...
Bruce, Neil Charles +6 more
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Supramolecular Gels as Active Tools for Reaction Engineering
Angewandte Chemie, Volume 137, Issue 24, June 10, 2025.The unique combination of environments within gels, self‐assembled from low‐molecular‐weight gelators, offers the ability to control reactivity in new ways, achieving unique reaction outcomes, leading to the emerging concept of supramolecular gels as nanoreactors. Smart chemical engineering methods enable the use of such gels to fabricate materials and
David K. Smith
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Application of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves for Explosives Detection Using Different Sampling and Detection Techniques [PDF]
, 2013 Reported for the first time are receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves constructed to describe the performance of a sorbent-coated disk, planar solid phase microextraction (PSPME) unit for non-contact sampling of a variety of volatiles. The PSPME
Almirall, Jose +3 more
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Characteristics of a New Plastic Explosive Named EPX-1
Journal of Chemistry, 2015 EPX-1 is a new plastic explosive (in the research stage) which has been prepared for military and civilian applications. EPX-1 explosive contains pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) with different particle size as explosive filler bonded by nonenergetic ...
Ahmed Elbeih
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Explanation of the colossal detonation sensitivity of silicon pentaerythritol tetranitrate (Si-PETN) explosive [PDF]
, 2009 DFT calculations have identified the novel rearrangement shown here for decomposition of the Si derivative of the PETN explosive [pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), C(CH_2ONO_2)_4] that explains the very dramatic increase in sensitivity observed ...
Dasgupta, Siddharth +4 more
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Characterization of Ultrafast Decomposition Dynamics in Nitrate Esters
Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ignition of energetic materials initiates chemical reactions on atomic length scales within femtoseconds, making these reactions difficult to investigate experimentally. The technique of femtosecond time‐resolved mass spectrometry (FTRMS) can capture molecular rearrangement and bond‐breaking events in isolated molecules with sub‐50 femtosecond
Madison K. Minvielle +3 more
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Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Shock Through a Single Crystal of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate [PDF]
, 2009 Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations and the reactive force field ReaxFF were used to study shock-induced initiation in crystalline pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). In the calculations, a PETN single crystal was impacted against a wall, driving
Budzien, Joanne +2 more
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