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Ab Initio Study of Electronic Structure of RDX Molecular Crystal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Guang Gao ,
Ravindra Pandey  and
A. Barry Kunz
Guang Gao
Affiliation:
Current address: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Ravindra Pandey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931
A. Barry Kunz
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931
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Abstract

An embedded molecular cluster model is used to study the electronic structure of cyclotrimethylene trinitramine(RDX) molecular crystal. In this model, a molecular cluster describing a local region of the crystal is treated in the Hartree-Fock approximation. The embedding lattice is represented by multipoles that are determined quantum-mechanically. Cluster-lattice orthogonality is achieved by transforming canonical orbitals to orbitals which are localized on individual molecular sites by means of a self-consistent localization potential. Results for the free molecule and the perfect crystal demonstrate the domination of three N-NO2 groups on intermolecular properties. For the defective crystal, results show a significant distortion in the electronic structure caused by local deformations in the lattice that may account for the formation of hot spots.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 296: Symposium Y – Structure and Properties of Energetic Materials , 1992 , 149
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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