Abstract
High-pressure studies of energetic materials provide valuable information about how these compounds behave under the extreme conditions experienced during detonation. Spectroscopic and diffraction techniques, augmented by computational methods, provide insight into the effects of pressure on intermolecular interactions and phase transitions. Some examples of studies on representative compounds are presented here.
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We thank the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (through A. S. Cumming) and EPSRC for contributions toward a studentship (DIAM), the STFC for the provision of neutron and x-ray beamtime, the Leverhulme Trust for a fellowship (IDHO), and MOD WPE for funding under the terms of contract RD028-06366. We are grateful to D. R. Allan and S. Parsons for their contribution to the development of data collection and analysis strategies, and to A. R. Lennie, J. E. Warren, and D. J. Francis for instrument development at the SRS Daresbury Laboratory and the ISIS Neutron Facility.
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Pulham, C.R., Millar, D.I.A., Oswald, I.D.H., Marshall, W.G. (2010). High-Pressure Studies of Energetic Materials. In: Boldyreva, E., Dera, P. (eds) High-Pressure Crystallography. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9258-8_36
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