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Preparation and Reactivity of Gasless Nanostructured Energetic Materials
Published on: April 2, 2015
Constructing High-Energy Materials by Self-Assembly of Oxidizing and Reducing Components
Jie Tang1, Xin Lai1, Zhaodong Tang1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Xiaolingwei 200, Nanjing210094, P. R. China.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|August 14, 2026
Summary
This study introduces a novel self-assembly method for creating advanced energetic materials. The new quaternary assembly (TNA-2) shows performance comparable to traditional explosives like HMX.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Chemistry
Background:
- Traditional organic synthesis for energetic materials is often multistep and complex.
- There is a need for novel energetic materials with improved safety and performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a self-assembly approach for constructing novel energetic materials.
- To synthesize and characterize ternary and quaternary energetic assemblies.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a self-assembly strategy to integrate oxidizing and reducing components at the molecular level.
- Assembled bistetrazole or nitrogen-rich ions with nitraminotriazole or dinitraminotriazole to form energetic assemblies.
- Characterized ternary (TNH) and quaternary (TNA-1, TNA-2) assemblies.
Main Results:
- Successfully synthesized ternary and quaternary energetic assemblies using self-assembly.
- TNA-2 demonstrated superior performance among the synthesized materials.
- TNA-2 achieved a high nitrogen-oxygen content (84.3%) and exhibited detonation properties (velocity: 9216 m/s, pressure: 36.7 GPa) rivaling HMX.
Conclusions:
- The self-assembly approach is effective for creating advanced energetic materials.
- TNA-2 represents a promising new energetic material with high performance.
- This method facilitates the development of diverse assembled energetic materials.
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