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1 Introduction
23. Bowden FP, Yoffe A (1949) Hot spots and the initiation of explosion. Symp Combust Flame
Explos Phenom 3(1):551–560
24. Balaz P (2008) Mechanochemistry and nanoscience. In: Balaz P (ed) Mechanochemistry in
nanoscience and minerals engineering. Springer, Berling, pp 1–102
25. Field JE, Bourne NK, Palmer SJP, Walley SM, Sharma J, Beard BC (1992) Hot-spot ignition mechanisms for explosives and propellants. Philos Trans R Soc A Math Phys Eng Sci
339(1654):269–283
26. Field EJ (1992) Hot spot ignition mechanisms for explosives. Acc Chem Res 25(11):489–496
27. Mader CL (1963) Shock and hot spot initiation of homogeneous explosives. Phys Fluids
6(3):375–381
28. Bowden FP, Gurton OA (1949) Birth and growth of explosion in liquids and solids initiated
by impact and friction. Proc R Soc Lond Ser A Math Phys Sci 198(1054):350
29. Heinicke G, Sigrist K (1971) On the thermodynamics of tribochemical reactions. Z Chem
11(6):226–235
30. Dickson PM, Parker GR, Smilowitz LB, Zucker JM, Asay BW (2006) Frictional heating and
ignition of energetic materials. AIP Conf Proc 845(II):1057–1060
31. Frey RB (1980) The initiation of explosive charges by rapid shear. Aberdeen Proving Ground,
MD
32. Recht RF (1964) Catastrophic thermoplastic shear. J Appl Mech 31(2):189
33. Winter RE, Field JE (1975) The role of localized plastic flow in the impact initiation of
explosives. Proc R Soc Lond Ser A Math Eng Phys Sci 343(1634):399–413
34. Mohan V, Bhasu VCJ, Field JE (1989) Role of adiabatic shear bands in initiation of explosives
by drop-weight impact. In: Ninth symposium on Detonatino; Portland, OR, pp 1276–1283
35. Coffey CS, Toton ET (1982) A microscopic theory of compressive wave-induced reactions
in solid explosives. J Chem Phys 76(2):949–954
36. Dlott DD, Fayer MD (1990) Shocked molecular solids: vibrational up pumping, defect hot
spot formation, and the onset of chemistry. J Chem Phys 92(6):3798–3812
37. Dlott DD (1990) Ultrafast vibrational energy transfer in the real world: laser ablation, energetic
solids, and hemeproteins. J Opt Soc Am B 7(8):1638
38. Hill JR, Chronister EL, Chang TC, Kim H, Postlewaite JC, Dlott DD (1988) Vibrational
relaxation of guest and host in mixed molecular crystals. J Chem Phys 88(4):2361–2371
39. Kim H, Dlott DD (1990) Theory of ultrahot molecular solids: vibrational cooling and shockinduced multiphonon up pumping in crystalline naphthalene. J Chem Phys 93(3):1695–1709
40. Tokmakoff A, Fayer MD, Dlott DD (1993) Chemical reaction initiation and hot-spot formation
in shocked energetic molecular materials. J Phys Chem 97(9):1901–1913
41. Walker FE (1988) Physical kinetics. J Appl Phys 63(11):5548–5554
42. Zerilli FJ, Toton ET (1984) Shock-induced molecular excitation in solids. Phys Rev B
29(10):5891–5902
43. Bardo RD (1986) Theoretical calculations of rate-determining steps for ignition of shocked,
condensed nitromethane. Int J Quantum Chem 30(20 S):455–469
44. Chen S, Tolbert WA, Dlott DD (1994) Direct measurement of ultrafast multiphonon uppumping in high explosives. J Phys Chem 98(32):7759–7766
45. Joshi K, Losada M, Chaudhuri S (2016) Intermolecular energy transfer dynamics at a hot-spot
interface in RDX crystals. J Phys Chem A 120(4):477–489
46. Kraczek B, Chung PW (2013) Investigation of direct and indirect phonon-mediated bond
excitation in α-RDX. J Chem Phys 138(7)
47. Dlott DD (2005) Multi-phonon up-pumping in energetic materials. In: Shaw RW, Brill TB,
Thompson DL (eds) Overview of recent research on energetic materials. World Scientific, pp
303–333
48. Tsyshevsky RV, Sharia O, Kuklja MM (2016) Molecular theory of detonation initiation: insight
from first principles modeling of the decomposition mechanisms of organic nitro energetic
materials. Molecules 21(2)
49. Zeman S, Jungová M (2016) Sensitivity and performance of energetic materials. Propellants
Explos Pyrotech 41(3):426–451
1 Introduction
23. Bowden FP, Yoffe A (1949) Hot spots and the initiation of explosion. Symp Combust Flame
Explos Phenom 3(1):551–560
24. Balaz P (2008) Mechanochemistry and nanoscience. In: Balaz P (ed) Mechanochemistry in
nanoscience and minerals engineering. Springer, Berling, pp 1–102
25. Field JE, Bourne NK, Palmer SJP, Walley SM, Sharma J, Beard BC (1992) Hot-spot ignition mechanisms for explosives and propellants. Philos Trans R Soc A Math Phys Eng Sci
339(1654):269–283
26. Field EJ (1992) Hot spot ignition mechanisms for explosives. Acc Chem Res 25(11):489–496
27. Mader CL (1963) Shock and hot spot initiation of homogeneous explosives. Phys Fluids
6(3):375–381
28. Bowden FP, Gurton OA (1949) Birth and growth of explosion in liquids and solids initiated
by impact and friction. Proc R Soc Lond Ser A Math Phys Sci 198(1054):350
29. Heinicke G, Sigrist K (1971) On the thermodynamics of tribochemical reactions. Z Chem
11(6):226–235
30. Dickson PM, Parker GR, Smilowitz LB, Zucker JM, Asay BW (2006) Frictional heating and
ignition of energetic materials. AIP Conf Proc 845(II):1057–1060
31. Frey RB (1980) The initiation of explosive charges by rapid shear. Aberdeen Proving Ground,
MD
32. Recht RF (1964) Catastrophic thermoplastic shear. J Appl Mech 31(2):189
33. Winter RE, Field JE (1975) The role of localized plastic flow in the impact initiation of
explosives. Proc R Soc Lond Ser A Math Eng Phys Sci 343(1634):399–413
34. Mohan V, Bhasu VCJ, Field JE (1989) Role of adiabatic shear bands in initiation of explosives
by drop-weight impact. In: Ninth symposium on Detonatino; Portland, OR, pp 1276–1283
35. Coffey CS, Toton ET (1982) A microscopic theory of compressive wave-induced reactions
in solid explosives. J Chem Phys 76(2):949–954
36. Dlott DD, Fayer MD (1990) Shocked molecular solids: vibrational up pumping, defect hot
spot formation, and the onset of chemistry. J Chem Phys 92(6):3798–3812
37. Dlott DD (1990) Ultrafast vibrational energy transfer in the real world: laser ablation, energetic
solids, and hemeproteins. J Opt Soc Am B 7(8):1638
38. Hill JR, Chronister EL, Chang TC, Kim H, Postlewaite JC, Dlott DD (1988) Vibrational
relaxation of guest and host in mixed molecular crystals. J Chem Phys 88(4):2361–2371
39. Kim H, Dlott DD (1990) Theory of ultrahot molecular solids: vibrational cooling and shockinduced multiphonon up pumping in crystalline naphthalene. J Chem Phys 93(3):1695–1709
40. Tokmakoff A, Fayer MD, Dlott DD (1993) Chemical reaction initiation and hot-spot formation
in shocked energetic molecular materials. J Phys Chem 97(9):1901–1913
41. Walker FE (1988) Physical kinetics. J Appl Phys 63(11):5548–5554
42. Zerilli FJ, Toton ET (1984) Shock-induced molecular excitation in solids. Phys Rev B
29(10):5891–5902
43. Bardo RD (1986) Theoretical calculations of rate-determining steps for ignition of shocked,
condensed nitromethane. Int J Quantum Chem 30(20 S):455–469
44. Chen S, Tolbert WA, Dlott DD (1994) Direct measurement of ultrafast multiphonon uppumping in high explosives. J Phys Chem 98(32):7759–7766
45. Joshi K, Losada M, Chaudhuri S (2016) Intermolecular energy transfer dynamics at a hot-spot
interface in RDX crystals. J Phys Chem A 120(4):477–489
46. Kraczek B, Chung PW (2013) Investigation of direct and indirect phonon-mediated bond
excitation in α-RDX. J Chem Phys 138(7)
47. Dlott DD (2005) Multi-phonon up-pumping in energetic materials. In: Shaw RW, Brill TB,
Thompson DL (eds) Overview of recent research on energetic materials. World Scientific, pp
303–333
48. Tsyshevsky RV, Sharia O, Kuklja MM (2016) Molecular theory of detonation initiation: insight
from first principles modeling of the decomposition mechanisms of organic nitro energetic
materials. Molecules 21(2)
49. Zeman S, Jungová M (2016) Sensitivity and performance of energetic materials. Propellants
Explos Pyrotech 41(3):426–451