Polymer-directed crystallization of HMX to construct nano-/microstructured aggregates with tunable polymorph and microstructure
Xin Zhou, Yan Ren, Hongzhen Li, Xiaoqing Zhou, Shilong Hao, Rong Xu, Qi Zhang
Abstract
Multi-scale structural control of the high explosive HMX was achieved by a polymer-directed crystallization strategy. For the first time, HMX spherulites that exhibited a “Maltese cross” extinction pattern under crossed polarizers were obtained.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceCrystallizationPolymerMicrostructureChemical engineeringCrystallization of polymersNano-PolarizerComposite materialOpticsEngineeringPhysicsBirefringenceEnergetic Materials and CombustionThermal and Kinetic AnalysisCrystallography and molecular interactions