Theoretical evaluation of electron delocalization in aromatic molecules by means of atoms in molecules (AIM) and electron localization function (ELF) topological …

J Poater, M Duran, M Sola, B Silvi - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
Benzene is the emblematic example of an aromatic molecule, and the problem of its
structure has given rise to a chemical serial story running over several decades. The …

Charge-shift bonding and its manifestations in chemistry

S Shaik, D Danovich, W Wu, PC Hiberty - Nature chemistry, 2009 - nature.com
Electron-pair bonding is a central chemical paradigm. Here, we show that alongside the two
classical covalent and ionic bond families, there exists a class of charge-shift (CS) bonds …

High-efficiency sustainable energy driven alkaline/seawater electrolysis using a novel hetero-structured non-noble bimetal telluride nanorods

SC Karthikeyan, S Prabhakaran, RS Kumar… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of non-noble, economical, and efficient electrocatalysts for water
electrolysis will be inevitable for the upcoming green hydrogen economy. In consideration of …

Utilizing weakly-solvated diglyme-based electrolyte to achieve a 10,000-cycles durable Na3V2 (PO4) 2F3 cathode endured at− 20℃

YQ Zheng, MY Sun, FD Yu, L Deng, Y **a, YS Jiang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The commercialization of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) is tremendously limited as
performance decline in extreme environments (such as below 0℃). This work proposes …

An update on multiple bonding between heavier main group elements: the importance of Pauli repulsion, charge-shift character, and London dispersion force effects

PP Power - Organometallics, 2020 - ACS Publications
An update on some recent developments in the bonding of compounds with multiple bonds
between heavier main group elements is the major theme of this review. A brief historical …

Advances in the Chemistry of Astatine and Implications for the Development of Radiopharmaceuticals

F Guérard, C Maingueneau, L Liu… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Astatine (At) is the rarest on Earth of all naturally occurring elements, situated
below iodine in the periodic table. While only short-lived isotopes (t 1/2≤ 8.1 h) are known …

Revealing strong interactions with the reduced density gradient: a benchmark for covalent, ionic and charge-shift bonds

RA Boto, JP Piquemal, J Contreras-García - Theoretical Chemistry …, 2017 - Springer
The visualization of covalent interactions has been a common practice in theoretical
chemistry thanks to the electron localization function (ELF). More recently, the reduced …

Valence bond diagrams and chemical reactivity

S Shaik, A Shurki - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
A unified description of chemical reactivity is made possible with valence bond (VB)
diagrams, such as those shown for the a simple case (only reactants and products must be …

Charge‐shift bonding—a class of electron‐pair bonds that emerges from valence bond theory and is supported by the electron localization function approach

S Shaik, D Danovich, B Silvi… - … A European Journal, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This paper deals with a central paradigm of chemistry, the electron‐pair bond. Valence bond
(VB) theory and electron‐localization function (ELF) calculations of 21 single bonds …

Pancake bonds: π-Stacked dimers of organic and light-atom radicals

KE Preuss - Polyhedron, 2014 - Elsevier
The nature of the chemical bond is fundamental to the modern concept of chemistry. Species
that exhibit unusual interactions provide a valuable challenge to current theoretical models …