A simple geometrical path towards hybrid orbitals

It is shown that the standard sp(n) hybrid orbitals are orthogonal orbitals that minimize the total quadratic spread. This is done in a concise way that may improve the understanding of hybrid orbitals. The fact that maximally localized Wannier functions of crystalline materials may resemble hybrid...

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Autores: Nacbar, Denis Rafael, Ribeiro, Allan Victor [UNESP], Bruno-Alfonso, Alexys [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/130185
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392014000600015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/130185
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hybrid orbitals
Localization
Wannier functions
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Sumario:It is shown that the standard sp(n) hybrid orbitals are orthogonal orbitals that minimize the total quadratic spread. This is done in a concise way that may improve the understanding of hybrid orbitals. The fact that maximally localized Wannier functions of crystalline materials may resemble hybrid orbitals is discussed.