ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Studies of electronic structure of solids have concentrated mainly on Hilbert space properties such as energy-band structures and density of states, as well as some properties that can be reduced from them. Here, we report application of the topological charge density analysis to crystals. It is found that the pseudoatoms (or nonnuclear attractors, which are charge accumulations in nonnuclear regions), first found in Li2, exist in solid lithium and sodium as well. In the former, the pseudoatoms form a connected network; in the latter, they are separated from one another. Although such networks obey the space group symmetry of the corresponding crystal, their existence is an intrinsic property of a specific crystal. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560480503
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