The analysis of electron densities: from basics to emergent applications

D Koch, M Pavanello, X Shao, M Ihara… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electron density determines all properties of a system of nuclei and electrons. It is both
computable and observable. Its topology allows gaining insight into the mechanisms of …

Accurate crystal structures and chemical properties from NoSpherA2

F Kleemiss, OV Dolomanov, M Bodensteiner… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The relationship between the structure and the properties of a drug or material is a key
concept of chemistry. Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure is considered to be of …

Electron atomic scattering factors and scattering potentials of crystals

LM Peng - Micron, 1999 - Elsevier
The concepts of complex electron atomic scattering factors and principles for evaluating
these factors are discussed and their applicability is examined. Numerical procedures and …

Introducing DDEC6 atomic population analysis: part 2. Computed results for a wide range of periodic and nonperiodic materials

NG Limas, TA Manz - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Net atomic charges (NACs) are widely used throughout the chemical sciences to concisely
summarize key information about charge transfer between atoms in materials. The vast …

Optimizing Edge Active Sites via Intrinsic In‐Plane Iridium Deficiency in Layered Iridium Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis

L Wang, R Du, X Liang, Y Zou, X Zhao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Improving catalytic activity of surface iridium sites without compromising catalytic stability is
the core task of designing more efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) …

Chemically meaningful atomic charges that reproduce the electrostatic potential in periodic and nonperiodic materials

TA Manz, DS Sholl - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Net atomic charges (NACs) can be used both to understand the chemical states of atoms in
a material as well as to represent the electrostatic potential, V, of the material outside its …

Structurally robust honeycomb layered strontium iridate as an oxygen evolution electrocatalyst in acid

L Wang, L Shi, Q Liu, Y Huang, W Yan, X Liang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The poor catalyst stability, stemming from serious cation dissolution and uncontrollable
amorphization, remains an outstanding problem in the acidic oxygen evolution reaction …

Improved atoms-in-molecule charge partitioning functional for simultaneously reproducing the electrostatic potential and chemical states in periodic and nonperiodic …

TA Manz, DS Sholl - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2012 - ACS Publications
We develop a nonempirical atoms-in-molecules (AIM) method for computing net atomic
charges that simultaneously reproduce chemical states of atoms in a material and the …

Electronic Structure and Elastic Properties of Strongly Correlated Metal Oxides from First Principles: LSDA + U, SIC‐LSDA and EELS Study of UO2 and NiO

SL Dudarev, GA Botton, SY Savrasov… - … status solidi (a), 1998 - Wiley Online Library
We compare experimentally observed electron energy loss spectra (EELS) of uranium
dioxide UO2 and nickel monoxide NiO with the results of ab‐initio calculations carried out by …

Efficient preparation and catalytic activity of MgO (111) nanosheets

K Zhu, J Hu, C Kuebel, R Richards - 2006 - publica.fraunhofer.de
MgO kristallisiert im Kochsalzgitter und hat üblicherweise die Mg (100) Ebene an der
Oberfläche. Die Mg (111) Ebene besteht aus alternierenden Monoschichten von …