<ol> <li>Detonation Performance and Sensitivity: A Quest for Balance</li> <p>Peter Politzer and Jane S. Murray</p> <p> <li>On the Release of Stored Energy from Energetic Materials</li> <p>Elliot R. Bernstein</p> <p> <li>Quantum-Chemical Modeling of Energetic Materials: Chemical Reactions Triggered by Defects, Deformations, and Electronic Excitations</li> <p>Maija M. Kuklja</p> <p> <li>Geometric Metastability in Molecules as a Way to Enhance Energy Storage</li> <p>Ajith Perera and Rodney J. Bartlett</p> <p> <li>Quantum-Informed Multiscale M&S for Energetic Materials</li> <p>DeCarlos E. Taylor and Betsy M. Rice</p> <p> <li>The Reactivity of Energetic Materials Under High Pressure and Temperature</li> <p>M. Riad Manaa and Laurence E. Fried</p> <p> <li>Ab Initio Chemical Kinetics of Key Processes in the Hypergolic Ignition of Hydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide</li> <p>Putikam Raghunath, N. T. Nghia and Ming-Chang Lin</p> <p> <li>Material Dependence of Water Interactions with Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: TiO<SUB>2</SUB>, SiO<SUB>2</SUB>, GeO<SUB>2</SUB>, and SnO<SUB>2 <br><br></SUB>Marta Gałyńska and Petter Persson</li></ol>