A classification of covalent, ionic, and metallic solids based on the electron density.
The electron density of crystals contains all of the information required to complete a classification of their bonding types. We propose here a set of three different indexes, flatness, charge transfer, and molecularity, easily obtained from the experimental or theoretical electron density, which give rise to a classification in close resemblance to the classical van Arkel-Ketelaar diagrams.
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Paula
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Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Box 90354, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0354, USA.
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