Magnetic topological insulators provide an important materials platform to explore emergent quantum phenomena such as the quantized anomalous Hall (QAH) effect, Majorana modes and the axion insulator state, etc. Recently, MnBi2Te4 was discovered to be the first material realization of a van der Waals (vdW) antiferromagnetic topological insulator (TI). In the two-dimensional (2D) limit, at a record high temperature of 4.5 K, MnBi2Te4 manifests the QAH effect in the forced ferromagnetic state above 12 T. To realize the QAH effect at lower fields, it is essential to search for magnetic TIs with lower saturation fields. By realizing a bulk vdW material MnBi4Te7 with alternating [MnBi2Te4]and [Bi2Te3] layers, we suggest that it is ferromagnetic in plane but antiferromagnetic along the c axis with a small out-of-plane saturation field of ~ 0.22 T at 2 K. Our angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles calculations further demonstrate that MnBi4Te7 is a Z2 antiferromagnetic TI with two types of surface states associated with the [MnBi2Te4] or [Bi2Te3] termination, respectively. Therefore, MnBi4Te7 provides a new material platform to investigate emergent topological phenomena associated with the QAH effect at much lower magnetic fields in its 2D limit.
In order to improve the safety of the high explosive 2,4,6,8,10,12‐hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (HNIW), we cocrystallized HNIW with the insensitive explosive DNB (1,3‐dinitrobenzene) in a molar ratio 1 : 1 to form a novel cocrystal explosive. Structure determination showed that it belongs to the orthorhombic system with space group Pbca. Therein, layers of DNB alternate with bilayers of HNIW. Analysis of interactions in the cocrystal indicated that the cocrystal is mainly formed by hydrogen bonds and nitro‐aromatic interactions. Moreover, the thermal behavior, sensitivity, and detonation properties of the cocrystal were evaluated. The results implied that the melting point of the cocrystal is 136.6 °C, which means an increase of 45 °C relative that of pure DNB. The predicted detonation velocity and detonation pressure of the cocrystal are 8434 m s−1 and 34 GPa, respectively, which are similar to that of the reported HNIW/TNT cocrystal, but its reduced sensitivity (H50=55 cm) makes it an attractive ingredient in HNIW propellant formulations.
We report the early events of a twinned
HMX crystal, as well as
a perfect one for a comparison purpose, shocked with various velocities
in the range of 6–10 km/s for 50 ps by molecular dynamic simulations
using the ReaxFF reactive force field and the multiscale shock technique.
The simulations show that the twin enhances the shock sensitivity
remarkably, in agreement with our recent experimental observation.
That is, it exhibits a lower shock initiation stress, higher decomposition
velocities, more temperature, and stress increases under the same
shock conditions, relative to the perfect crystal. In addition, we
find the twinning plane is hottest and the temperature decreases in
terms of the distance apart from it after shock loaded earlier, suggesting
possible hot spots preferred there.
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