Energetic Materials

✍ Scribed by John R. Sabin (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 345
• Series: Advances in Quantum Chemistry 69
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current topics in this rapidly developing field that has emerged at the cross section of the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. It features detailed reviews written by leading international researchers. This volume focuses on the theory of heavy ion physics in medicine.

This volume presents a series of articles concerning current important topics in quantum chemistry. The invited articles are written by the best people in the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Preface
Page ix
John R. Sabin

Contributors
Pages xi-xii

Chapter One - Detonation Performance and Sensitivity: A Quest for Balance
Pages 1-30
Peter Politzer, Jane S. Murray

Chapter Two - On the Release of Stored Energy from Energetic Materials
Pages 31-69
Elliot R. Bernstein

Chapter Three - Quantum-Chemical Modeling of Energetic Materials: Chemical Reactions Triggered by Defects, Deformations, and Electronic Excitations
Pages 71-145
Maija M. Kuklja

Chapter Four - Geometric Metastability in Molecules as a Way to Enhance Energy Storage
Pages 147-170
Ajith Perera, Rodney J. Bartlett

Chapter Five - Quantum-Informed Multiscale M&S for Energetic Materials
Pages 171-219
DeCarlos E. Taylor, Betsy M. Rice

Chapter Six - The Reactivity of Energetic Materials Under High Pressure and Temperature
Pages 221-252
M. Riad Manaa, Laurence E. Fried

Chapter Seven - Ab Initio Chemical Kinetics of Key Processes in the Hypergolic Ignition of Hydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide
Pages 253-301
Putikam Raghunath, N.T. Nghia, Ming-Chang Lin

Chapter Eight - Material Dependence of Water Interactions with Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: TiO₂, SiO₂, GeO₂, and SnO₂
Pages 303-332
Marta Gałyńska, Petter Persson

Index
Pages 333-344