“…2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT), 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX), and 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazacyclooctane (HMX), etc., were discovered more than 60 years ago and are still used as the major explosives today. Recently, research of energetic CPs has revealed a new concept for the insensitive HEDMs, that is, the nitrogen-rich CPs, formed by metal ions with organic ligands such as azide, furazan, triazoles, and tetrazoles via coordination bonds, have emerged as promising candidates for primary or secondary explosives. This new generation of energetic CPs has presented potential advantages over conventional organic explosives such as high density, low sensitivity, and high thermal stability, which are the most important properties of energetic materials and can be modulated through rational selection of metal ions and design of organic ligands.…”