Reactive potentials for advanced atomistic simulations

T Liang, YK Shin, YT Cheng, DE Yilmaz… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews recent advances in the development of reactive empirical force fields or
potentials. In particular, we compare two widely used reactive potentials with variable …

The ReaxFF reactive force-field: development, applications and future directions

TP Senftle, S Hong, MM Islam, SB Kylasa… - npj Computational …, 2016 - nature.com
The reactive force-field (ReaxFF) interatomic potential is a powerful computational tool for
exploring, develo** and optimizing material properties. Methods based on the principles …

New developments in the physical chemistry of shock compression

DD Dlott - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
This review discusses new developments in shock compression science with a focus on
molecular media. Some basic features of shock and detonation waves, nonlinear excitations …

Oxidation of Silicon Carbide by O2 and H2O: A ReaxFF Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study, Part I

DA Newsome, D Sengupta, H Foroutan… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Simulations of the initial oxidation process of a SiC surface exposed to O2 and H2O
molecules was studied with ReaxFF, an atomically detailed reactive molecular dynamics …

Dynamics of confined reactive water in smectite clay–zeolite composites

MC Pitman, ACT Van Duin - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The dynamics of water confined to mesoporous regions in minerals such as swelling clays
and zeolites is fundamental to a wide range of resource management issues impacting …

High explosive ignition through chemically activated nanoscale shear bands

MP Kroonblawd, LE Fried - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Shock initiation and detonation of high explosives is considered to be controlled through hot
spots, which are local regions of elevated temperature that accelerate chemical reactions …

Alleviating the energy & safety contradiction to construct new low sensitivity and highly energetic materials through crystal engineering

F Jiao, Y **ong, H Li, C Zhang - CrystEngComm, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Low sensitivity and highly energetic materials (LSHEMs), with both high energy and
sufficient safety, are highly desired in practical applications. With respect to energy and …

Some molecular/crystalline factors that affect the sensitivities of energetic materials: molecular surface electrostatic potentials, lattice free space and maximum heat of …

P Politzer, JS Murray - Journal of molecular modeling, 2015 - Springer
We discuss three molecular/crystalline properties that we believe to be among the factors
that influence the impact/shock sensitivities of energetic materials (ie, their vulnerabilities to …

Coupled thermal and electromagnetic induced decomposition in the molecular explosive αHMX; a reactive molecular dynamics study

MA Wood, ACT Van Duin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We use molecular dynamics simulations with the reactive potential ReaxFF to investigate the
initial reactions and subsequent decomposition in the high-energy-density material α-HMX …

Catalyzed growth of carbon nanotube with definable chirality by hybrid molecular dynamics− force biased Monte Carlo simulations

EC Neyts, Y Shibuta, ACT Van Duin, A Bogaerts - ACS nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
Metal-catalyzed growth mechanisms of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were studied by hybrid
molecular dynamics− Monte Carlo simulations using a recently developed ReaxFF reactive …