Generalized nuclear Fukui functions in the framework of spin-polarized density-functional theory
- Departamento de Ciencias Quimicas, Facultad de Ecologia y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Andres Bello (UNAB), Avenida Republica 275, Santiago (Chile)
An extension of Cohen's nuclear Fukui function is presented in the spin-polarized framework of density-functional theory (SP-DFT). The resulting new nuclear Fukui function indices {phi}{sub N{alpha}} and {phi}{sub S{alpha}} are intended to be the natural descriptors for the responses of the nuclei to changes involving charge transfer at constant multiplicity and also the spin polarization at constant number of electrons. These generalized quantities allow us to gain new insights within a perturbative scheme based on DFT. Calculations of the electronic and nuclear SP-DFT quantities are presented within a Kohn-Sham framework of chemical reactivity for a sample of molecules, including H{sub 2}O, H{sub 2}CO, and some simple nitrenes (NX) and phosphinidenes (PX), with X=H, Li, F, Cl, OH, SH, NH{sub 2}, and PH{sub 2}. Results have been interpreted in terms of chemical bonding in the context of Berlin's theorem, which provides a separation of the molecular space into binding and antibinding regions.
- OSTI ID:
- 20723032
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 123, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1996576; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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