The design of solids with tailored material properties requires a thorough understanding of
their electronic structures. Examining the latter typically includes chemical-bonding …

Decomposing extended structures into smaller, molecular, even functional groups or simple
fragments has a long tradition in chemistry because it allows for understanding certain …

Even in the twenty-first century, a newcomer to the field of solid-state chemistry or the
quantum chemistry of the solid state will sooner or later witness several astonishing schisms …