Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Hypervalency in amorphous chalcogenides

  • T. H. Lee,
  • S. R. Elliott

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29054-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The current study explores by ab-initio molecular dynamics simuations the concept of hypervalency in amorphous chalcogenide materials, from which a unified conceptual framework for understanding chemical bonding, microscopic structures, and structure-property relationships is established.