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Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of Exsolved Mineral Phases
Published on: October 25, 2019
A comparison of energetic criteria to probe the stabilizing interaction resulting from a bond path between congested
Dirkie Myburgh1, Stuart von Berg1, Jan Dillen1
1Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, maTieland, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa.
Abstract:
Four energetic criteria, all rooted in the partitioning of a molecule into atomic basins based on the properties of the electron density, are compared and correlated with the presence of a bond path between two nonbonded atoms in a series of sterically crowded derivatives of the same tetracyclododecane molecule. It was found that there is no correlation between the selected energetic criteria and the existence of a bond path between the congested atoms, nor with the existence of Ehrenfest force, virial, or Coulomb potential paths between those atoms.
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