Electrostatic potential topology for probing molecular structure, bonding and reactivity

SR Gadre, CH Suresh, N Mohan - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Following the pioneering investigations of Bader on the topology of molecular electron
density, the topology analysis of its sister field viz. molecular electrostatic potential (MESP) …

Critic2: A program for real-space analysis of quantum chemical interactions in solids

A Otero-de-la-Roza, ER Johnson, V Luaña - Computer Physics …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present critic 2, a program for the analysis of quantum-mechanical atomic and molecular
interactions in periodic solids. This code, a greatly improved version of the previous critic …

Next generation interatomic potentials for condensed systems

CM Handley, J Behler - The European Physical Journal B, 2014 - Springer
The computer simulation of condensed systems is a challenging task. While electronic
structure methods like density-functional theory (DFT) usually provide a good compromise …

Revisiting the bonding evolution theory: a fresh perspective on the ammonia pyramidal inversion and bond dissociations in ethane and borazane

L Ayarde-Henríquez, C Guerra… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This work offers a comprehensive and fresh perspective on the bonding evolution theory
(BET) framework, originally proposed by Silvi and collaborators [X. Krokidis, S. Noury and B …

Multipolar electrostatics

S Cardamone, TJ Hughes, PLA Popelier - … Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomistic simulation of chemical systems is currently limited by the elementary description of
electrostatics that atomic point-charges offer. Unfortunately, a model of one point-charge for …

Multi-center covalency: revisiting the nature of anion–π interactions

C Foroutan-Nejad, Z Badri, R Marek - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Exploring the nature of anion–π bonding by means of the Quantum Theory of Atoms in
Molecules (QTAIM) and an energy decomposition scheme on the basis of Interacting …

The QTAIM perspective of chemical bonding

PLA Popelier - The chemical bond: fundamental aspects of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecule (QTAIM) started off as a theory of energy
partitioning, interpreting a chemical bond as a result of mononuclear parts interacting with …

Unification of ground-state aromaticity criteria–structure, electron delocalization, and energy–in light of the quantum chemical topology

Z Badri, C Foroutan-Nejad - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present account we investigate a theoretical link between the bond length, electron
sharing, and bond energy within the context of quantum chemical topology theories. The …

Curly arrows meet electron density transfers in chemical reaction mechanisms: from electron localization function (ELF) analysis to valence-shell electron-pair …

J Andres, S Berski, B Silvi - Chemical communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Probing the electron density transfers during a chemical reaction can provide important
insights, making possible to understand and control chemical reactions. This aim has …

Quantum chemical topology

PLA Popelier - The chemical bond II: 100 years old and getting …, 2016 - Springer
In this frank and thought-provoking account, quantum chemical topology (QCT) is explained
to the novice, leading up highlights of QCT's most recent findings and views. The difference …