A quantum chemical model for the study of the electronic structure of compressed atoms lends itself to a perturbation-theoretic analysis. It is shown, both analytically and numerically, that the increase of the electronic energy with increasing compression depends on the electronic configuration, as a result of the variable spatial extent of the atomic orbitals involved. The different destabilization of the electronic states may lead to an isobaric change of the ground-state electronic configuration, and the same first-order model paves the way to a simple thermodynamical interpretation of this process.
Varying Electronic Configurations in Compressed Atoms: From the Role of the Spatial Extension of Atomic Orbitals to the Change of Electronic Configuration as an Isobaric Transformation / Cammi, R.; Rahm, M.; Hoffmann, R.; Ashcroft, N. W.. - In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION. - ISSN 1549-9618. - 16:8(2020), pp. 5047-5056. [10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00443]
Varying Electronic Configurations in Compressed Atoms: From the Role of the Spatial Extension of Atomic Orbitals to the Change of Electronic Configuration as an Isobaric Transformation
Cammi R.
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2020-01-01
Abstract
A quantum chemical model for the study of the electronic structure of compressed atoms lends itself to a perturbation-theoretic analysis. It is shown, both analytically and numerically, that the increase of the electronic energy with increasing compression depends on the electronic configuration, as a result of the variable spatial extent of the atomic orbitals involved. The different destabilization of the electronic states may lead to an isobaric change of the ground-state electronic configuration, and the same first-order model paves the way to a simple thermodynamical interpretation of this process.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.