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Thomas M. Klapötke is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, engineering, and chemistry, with specific concentration on subfields such as materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, physical and theoretical chemistry, organic chemistry, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's work spans several key topics including energetic materials and combustion, thermal and kinetic analysis, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, rocket and propulsion systems research, crystallography and molecular interactions, and chemical reactions and mechanisms.

Recent publications by Thomas M. Klapötke include:

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Binary, Highly Endothermic, and Extremely Sensitive 2,2'-Azobis(5-azidotetrazole) (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Tetrazole-functionalized microcrystalline cellulose: A promising biopolymer for advanced energetic materials (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Nitrogen-Rich Energetic Biopolymers from Aminated Giant Reed Cellulosic Fibers (2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research)
  • New insensitive nitrogen-rich energetic polymers based on amino-functionalized cellulose and microcrystalline cellulose: Synthesis and characterization (2020, Fuel)
  • Design and characterization of new advanced energetic biopolymers based on surface functionalized cellulosic materials (2021, Cellulose)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas M. Klapötke are:

  • Jörg Stierstorfer
  • Maximilian Benz
  • Tobias Lenz
  • Ahmed Fouzi Tarchoun
  • Djalal Trache

Thomas M. Klapötke has published extensively in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics
  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Journal of Energetic Materials

Best Publications

  • Chemistry of high-energy materials

    Thomas M. Klapötke

  • Pushing the limits of energetic materials – the synthesis and characterization of dihydroxylammonium 5,5′-bistetrazole-1,1′-diolate

    Niko Fischer;Dennis Fischer;Thomas M. Klapötke;Davin G. Piercey

  • A study of dinitro-bis-1,2,4-triazole-1,1'-diol and derivatives: design of high-performance insensitive energetic materials by the introduction of N-oxides.

    Alexander A Dippold;Thomas M Klapötke

  • Green Pyrotechnics : A Chemists' Challenge

    Georg Steinhauser;Thomas M. Klapötke

  • Nitrotetrazolate-2N-oxides and the Strategy of N-Oxide Introduction

    Michael Göbel;Konstantin Karaghiosoff;Thomas M. Klapötke;Davin G. Piercey

  • 1,5‐Di(nitramino)tetrazole: High Sensitivity and Superior Explosive Performance

    Dennis Fischer;Thomas M. Klapötke;Jörg Stierstorfer

  • The application of infrared spectroscopy to probe the surface morphology of alumina-supported palladium catalysts.

    Timothy Lear;Robert Marshall;J. Antonio Lopez-Sanchez;S. David Jackson

  • Potassium 1,1'-dinitramino-5,5'-bistetrazolate: a primary explosive with fast detonation and high initiation power.

    Dennis Fischer;Thomas M. Klapötke;Jörg Stierstorfer

  • 1,1'-azobis(tetrazole): a highly energetic nitrogen-rich compound with a N10 chain.

    Thomas M. Klapötke;Davin G. Piercey

  • Bistetrazoles: Nitrogen-Rich, High-Performing, Insensitive Energetic Compounds

    Thomas M. Klapötke;Carles Miró Sabaté

  • Derivatives of 1,5-diamino-1H-tetrazole: a new family of energetic heterocyclic-based salts.

    Juan Carlos Gálvez-Ruiz;Gerhard Holl;Konstantin Karaghiosoff;Thomas M. Klapötke

  • Recent advances in new oxidizers for solid rocket propulsion

    Djalal Trache;Thomas M. Klapötke;Lotfi Maiz;Mohamed Abd-Elghany

  • The CN7(-) anion.

    Thomas M. Klapötke;Jörg Stierstorfer

  • High energy density materials

    Thomas M Klapötke

  • Development and Testing of Energetic Materials: The Concept of High Densities Based on the Trinitroethyl Functionality

    Michael Göbel;Thomas M. Klapötke

  • Azidoformamidinium and Guanidinium 5,5‘-Azotetrazolate Salts

    Anton Hammerl;Michael A. Hiskey;Gerhard Holl;Thomas M. Klapötke

  • Microcrystalline cellulose from Posidonia oceanica brown algae: Extraction and characterization

    Ahmed Fouzi Tarchoun;Djalal Trache;Thomas M. Klapötke

  • 1,5-Diamino-4-methyltetrazolium dinitramide

    Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer;and Axel Schulz;Jan J. Weigand

  • α- and β-FOX-7, Polymorphs of a High Energy Density Material, Studied by X-ray Single Crystal and Powder Investigations in the Temperature Range from 200 to 423 K

    Jurgen Evers;Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer;Gilbert Oehlinger

  • Nitrogen-Rich Salts of 1H,1′H-5,5′-Bitetrazole-1,1′-diol: Energetic Materials with High Thermal Stability

    Niko Fischer;Thomas M. Klapötke;Marius Reymann;Jörg Stierstorfer

  • Dense energetic nitraminofurazanes.

    Dennis Fischer;Thomas M. Klapötke;Marius Reymann;Jörg Stierstorfer

  • Salts of 5,5′‐Azotetrazolate

    Anton Hammerl;Gerhard Holl;Thomas M. Klapötke;Peter Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Stierstorfer
Jörg Stierstorfer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Konstantin Karaghiosoff
Konstantin Karaghiosoff Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Axel Schulz
Axel Schulz University of Rostock
Heinrich Nöth
Heinrich Nöth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kurt Polborn
Kurt Polborn Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jan J. Weigand
Jan J. Weigand TU Dresden
Peter S. White
Peter S. White University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wolfgang Beck
Wolfgang Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Helmut Schwarz
Helmut Schwarz Technical University of Berlin

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