Energetic Material Laboratory
Department of Chemistry
My research focuses on the design and synthesis of green and environmentally friendly' high energy density materials (HEDMs) using nitrogen-rich heterocyclic backbones, fused and strained ring-containing molecules which are highly dense, thermally stable, and insensitive to external stimuli. Furthermore, I'm working on nitrogen-rich energetic salts as HEDMs using commercially accessible, cost-effective starting materials straightforwardly. The synthesized molecules may have the potential to serve as excellent alternatives to the established traditional benchmark energetic materials such as TNT, RDX, HMX, and Cl-20 that meet the demands of both present and future civil, defence, and space applications.
Research Interests
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High energy density materials
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Energetic salts
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Energetic metal-organic frameworks(E-MOF)
Publications
4. "Trailblazing 3D MOFs Featuring 1,2,4-Dinitrimino Triazole: Redefining Energetic Materials and Iodine Encapsulation" Manojkumar. J., Richa Rajak, Srinivas D* Adv. Funct. Mater., 2024, 2412638.
3. "Elaborating NH-Bridged Nitrogen-Rich Energetic Materials via Base-Mediated Dimroth Rearrangement: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance Study". Manojkumar J., Vikas D. G., Srinivas D.*. J Org. Chem. 2024.
2. "Amine and nitramine functionalization of imidazole-triazine and triazole-triazine skeletons: Exploring for potential multipurpose energetic materials" Abhishek K. Y., Manojkumar J., Vikas D. G., Srinivas D.* J. Heterocycl. Chem., J. Heterocycl. Chem., 2023, 61 (3), 401-406.(Abhishek K. Y. and Manojkumar J. contributed equally to this work.)
1. "High-performing, insensitive and thermally stable energetic materials from zwitterionic gem-dinitromethyl substituted C-C bonded 1,2,4-triazole and 1,3,4-oxadiazole" Abhishek K. Y., Manojkumar. J., Vikas D. G. Srinivas D* Chemical communications.2023, 59, 4324-4327.
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