Ionic liquids (ILs) consisting entirely of ions exhibit many fascinating and tunable properties,
making them promising functional materials for a large number of energy-related …

Novel efficient synthetic strategies, including green methodologies, to basic and perspective
high-energy density compounds, bearing active oxygen sources (C-, N-and O-nitro groups …

In the past two to three decades, ionic liquids (ILs) have been one of the most exciting
scientific discoveries in chemical science. Nowadays, the most accepted definition of an IL is …

Abstract High-energy-density (HED) liquid fuels are critical for volume-limited aerospace
vehicles to extend the flight range and increase the payload, and can be used as an …

Atomically precise o-carboranealkynyl-protected clusters [Ag14 (C4B10H11) 12 (CH3CN)
2]· 2NO3 (CBA-Ag) and [Cu6Ag8 (C4B10H11) 12Cl] NO3 (CBA-CuAg) have been found to …

The advance of space technology is deeply affected by the breakthrough of high-
performance fuels. Hypergolic ionic liquids (HILs) are one of the most potential fuels for …

A number of energetic ionic liquids (EILs) have been reported as promising hydrazine-
replacement fuels for hypergolic rocket propulsion. However, most of these EILs were …

Synthesis, structure, and physical properties of nitrogen heterocyclic salts of the polyhedral
borane anions (closo-decaborate [B 10 H 10] 2–, closo-dodecaborate [B 12 H 12] 2–, carba …

The development of hypergolic materials has aroused great interest due to their important
applications in aerospace technology. In this work, six new energetic complexes were …

Complexation of amines with borane converts them to hypergols or decreases their ignition
delays (IDs) multifold (with white fuming nitric acid as the oxidant). With consistently low IDs …