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Sub-picosecond to Sub-nanosecond Vibrational Energy Transfer Dynamics in Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate
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posted on 2020-08-05, 21:29 authored by Neil C. Cole-Filipiak, Robert Knepper, Mitchell Wood, Krupa RamaseshaThe
time scale associated with shock-induced detonation is a key
property of energetic materials that remains poorly understood. Herein,
we test aspects of one potential mechanism, the phonon up-pumping
mechanism, where shock compression excites lattice phonon modes, transferring
energy to intramolecular vibrations leading to chemical bond cleavage
and reaction. Using ultrafast infrared pump–probe spectroscopy
on pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), we reveal sub-picosecond vibrational
energy transfer (VET) from the photoexcited band at 1660 cm–1 into every other infrared-active mode in the probed frequency range
800–1800 cm–1. Energy transfer processes
remain incomplete at 150 ps. Computational predictions from density
functional theory are used in tandem to elucidate VET pathways in
PETN.
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infrared-active modecmsub-picosecond vibrational energy t...PETNPentaerythritol Tetranitratephotoexcited bandintramolecular vibrationsshock compressionenergy transfer processeschemical bond cleavagetime scalephonon up-pumping mechanismtest aspectsComputational predictionslattice phonon modesSub-nanosecond Vibrational Energy T...elucidate VET pathwayspentaerythritol tetranitrate150 psshock-induced detonation
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