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Relativistic (SR‐ZORA) quantum theory of atoms in molecules properties
Author(s) -
Anderson James S. M.,
Rodríguez Juan I.,
Ayers Paul W.,
Götz Andreas W.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.24520
Subject(s) - atoms in molecules , relativistic quantum chemistry , theory of relativity , molecule , scalar (mathematics) , density functional theory , physics , electron density , electron , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , chemistry , mathematics , geometry
The Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM) is used to elucidate the effects of relativity on chemical systems. To do this, molecules are studied using density‐functional theory at both the nonrelativistic level and using the scalar relativistic zeroth‐order regular approximation. Relativistic effects on the QTAIM properties and topology of the electron density can be significant for chemical systems with heavy atoms. It is important, therefore, to use the appropriate relativistic treatment of QTAIM (Anderson and Ayers, J. Phys. Chem. 2009, 115, 13001) when treating systems with heavy atoms. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.