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SUBMITTER: Symons BCB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6496634 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Symons Benjamin C B BCB Williamson Dominic J DJ Brooks Campbell M CM Wilson Alex L AL Popelier Paul L A PLA
ChemistryOpen 20190208 5
We show that the mutual, through-space compression of atomic volume experienced by approaching topological atoms causes an exponential increase in the intra-atomic energy of those atoms, regardless of approach orientation. This insight was obtained using the modern energy partitioning method called interacting quantum atoms (IQA). This behaviour is consistent for all atoms except hydrogen, which can behave differently depending on its environment. Whilst all atoms experience charge transfer when ...[more]