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Direct Space Representation of the Metallic Bond (Articolo in rivista)
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- 2000-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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- 10.1021/jp992784c (literal)
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- Silvi B., Gatti C. (literal)
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- Bernard Silvi*
Laboratoire de Chimie The´orique, UniVersite´ Pierre et Marie Curie, (UMR-CNRS 7616),
4 Place Jussieu 75252-Paris ce´dex, France
Carlo Gatti
Centro per lo Studio delle Relazioni fra Struttura e ReattiVita`, CNR-CSRSRC, Via Golgi 19,
20133-Milano, Italy (literal)
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- Direct Space Representation of the Metallic Bond (literal)
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- Periodic Hartree-Fock calculations have been performed on the bcc lattices of Li, Na, K, V, and on the fcc
ones of Al, Ca, Sc, Cu in order to investigate the topological properties of the electron charge density and of
the electron localization function, ELF. All systems are calculated to be conductors. It is found that the existence
of nonnuclear attractors of the electron charge density gradient field first evidenced in lithium clusters is not
a prerequisite for metallic behavior. They are missing the V and Cu cells. The topology of ELF is characterized
by di- or polysynaptic valence basins. The value of ELF at the valence basin attractors è(ra) is rather low:
typically less than 0.6, which is consistent with an antiparallel pairing close to that of a homogeneous electron
gas. At the index 1 saddle points located on the separatrices between valence basins, the ELF value è(rs) is
very close to that at the valence attractors è(ra). The isosurface è(r) ) è(rs) - ? defines a reducible valence
domain which is spread all over the crystal and which forms a tridimensional network of channels. Except
for Al, the valence basins have a synaptic order larger than 2. The different topologies of the ELF gradient
fields calculated for different metals can be explained by the relative sizes of their core basins. The metallic
bond appears to be a partial covalent bond which is often multicentric and is characterized by a low population
of the valence basins (less than 1.0 e-) and by synaptic orders as large as 6. (literal)
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