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The Structure Properties of Carbon Materials Formed in 2,4,6-Triamino-1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene Detonation: A Theoretical Insight for Nucleation of Diamond-like Carbon

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DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612568

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carbon sp(2)- to sp(3)-hybrid; diamond-like nucleus; microscopic structure properties; nucleation mechanism; molecular dynamics simulation

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In this study, the dynamic evolution process of condensed-phase carbon in TATB detonation was investigated using the quantum-based molecular dynamics method. Different carbon structures, including graphene-like, diamond-like, and diaphite, were obtained under different pressures. It was found that under high pressure, carbon undergoes a transition from C sp(2)-hybridization to sp(3)-hybridization, driven by the conversion of a hexatomic to a non-hexatomic ring. A tightly bound nucleation mechanism for diamond-like carbon dominated by a graphene-like carbon layer was identified.
The structure and properties of nano-carbon materials formed in explosives detonation are always a challenge, not only for the designing and manufacturing of these materials but also for clearly understanding the detonation performance of explosives. Herein, we study the dynamic evolution process of condensed-phase carbon involved in 2,4,6-Triamino-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TATB) detonation using the quantum-based molecular dynamics method. Various carbon structures such as, graphene-like, diamond-like, and diaphite, are obtained under different pressures. The transition from a C sp(2)- to a sp(3)-hybrid, driven by the conversion of a hexatomic to a non-hexatomic ring, is detected under high pressure. A tightly bound nucleation mechanism for diamond-like carbon dominated by a graphene-like carbon layer is uncovered. The graphene-like layer is readily constructed at the early stage, which would connect with surrounding carbon atoms or fragments to form the tetrahedral structure, with a high fraction of sp(3)-hybridized carbon. After that, the deformed carbon layers further coalesce with each other by bonding between carbon atoms within the five-member ring, to form the diamond-like nucleus. The complex diaphite configuration is detected during the diamond-like carbon nucleation, which illustrates that the nucleation and growth of detonation nano-diamond would accompany the intergrowth of graphene-like layers.

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