TY - JOUR A1 - Christopher, I A1 - Michalchuk, Adam A1 - Pulham, C. A1 - Morrison, C. T1 - Towards Computational Screening for New Energetic Molecules: Calculation of Heat of Formation and Determination of Bond Strengths by Local Mode Analysis N2 - The reliable determination of gas-phase and solid-state heats of formation are important considerations in energetic materials research. Herein, the ability of PM7 to calculate the gas-phase heats of formation for CNHO-only and inorganic compounds has been critically evaluated, and for the former, comparisons drawn with isodesmic equations and Atom equivalence methods. Routes to obtain solid-state heats of formation for a range of singlecomponent molecular solids, salts, and co-crystals were also evaluated. Finally, local vibrational mode analysis has been used to calculate bond length/force constant curves for seven different chemical bonds occurring in CHNO-containing molecules, which allow for rapid identification of the weakest bond, opening up great potential to rationalise decomposition pathways. Both metrics are important tools in rationalising the design of new energetic materials through computational screening processes. KW - Energetic materials KW - Density functional theory PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-530371 DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.726357 VL - 9 SP - 726357 AN - OPUS4-53037 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Michalchuk, Adam A1 - Rudic, S. A1 - Pulham, C. A1 - Morrison, C. T1 - Predicting the impact sensitivity of a polymorphic high explosive: the curious case of FOX-7 N2 - The impact sensitivity (IS) of FOX-7 polymorphs is predicted by phonon up-pumping to decrease as layers of FOX-7 molecules flatten. Experimental validation proved anomalous owing to a phase transition during testing, raising questions regarding Impact sensitivity measurement and highlighting the need for models to predict IS of polymorphic energetic materials. KW - Energetic materials KW - Density functional theory KW - Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectroscopy KW - Impact Sensitivity PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-535558 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc03906g SN - 1364-548X VL - 57 IS - 85 SP - 11213 EP - 11216 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry AN - OPUS4-53555 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -