Physical Properties of Molecules and Condensed Materials Governed by Onsite Repulsion, Spin-Orbit Coupling and Polarizability of Their Constituent Atoms
Paul A. Maggard,
Xiyue Cheng,
Shuiquan Deng,
Myung-Hwan Whangbo
Affiliations
Paul A. Maggard
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
Xiyue Cheng
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
Shuiquan Deng
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
Myung-Hwan Whangbo
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
The onsite repulsion, spin–orbit coupling and polarizability of elements and their ions play important roles in controlling the physical properties of molecules and condensed materials. In celebration of the 150th birthday of the periodic table this year, we briefly review how these parameters affect the physical properties and are interrelated.
