New Air-Breather Materials Through Strain-Release Chemistry
Abstract
This proposal details a vision for the synthesis of a new class of materials with potentially far ranging implications for national defense. What is contained within was jointly discussed and agreed upon by both laboratories (Scripps and USARL). The underlying premise of this collaboration is that the concepts and principles underlying modern organic synthesis as applied to medicine can also be applied to energetics research.Specifically, it is our hypothesis that aspects of molecular complexity andstereochemistry can confer dramatic advantages to potential energetic materials in terms of unique, unexpected, and highly advantageous properties. These advantages can manifest themselves in terms of the final formulated product or in the active energetic itself. The innovative aspect here is that this work challenges a long-held core belief within the energetics community that molecular complexity (topological and stereochemical) is to be avoided and would have no obvious benefit.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 23, 2019
- Source ID
- N000141912067
Entities
People
- Phil Baran
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Scripps Research
- United States Navy