Computational insight into the explosive detection mechanisms in silafluorene- and silole-containing photoluminescent polymers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6385-6397

  Dedeoǧlu, Burcu ^a   Aviyente, Viktorya ^a   Özen, Alimet Sema ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PIRI REIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIMERS; EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; IONS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY;

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; 2 ,6-DINITROTOLUENE; CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE (RDX); NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; NONEXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; QUANTUM THEORY OF ATOMS IN MOLECULES; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SILOLE-CONTAINING POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84897438512     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411851g     Document Type: Article

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