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Improved Stability and Smart‐Material Functionality Realized in an Energetic Cocrystal
Author(s) -
Bolton Onas,
Matzger Adam J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201104164
Subject(s) - explosive material , cocrystal , sensitivity (control systems) , stability (learning theory) , materials science , power (physics) , nuclear engineering , computer science , chemistry , thermodynamics , engineering , physics , electronic engineering , organic chemistry , hydrogen bond , machine learning , molecule
Handle with care : CL‐20, a high‐power explosive suffering from high sensitivity, has been cocrystallized with TNT to produce a novel high‐power, low‐sensitivity explosive. This cocrystal can be used directly for explosives applications or stored in this insensitive form then activated by heat to return it to its high‐sensitivity form.