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Atomic Charges and Chemical Bonding in Y-Ga Compounds

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Grin,  Yuri
Juri Grin, Chemical Metal Science, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Fedorchuk,  Anatolij
Chemical Metal Science, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Faria,  Rodolfo J.
Chemical Metal Science, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Wagner,  Frank R.
Frank Wagner, Chemical Metal Science, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Grin, Y., Fedorchuk, A., Faria, R. J., & Wagner, F. R. (2018). Atomic Charges and Chemical Bonding in Y-Ga Compounds. Crystals, 8(2): 99, pp. 1-11. doi:10.3390/cryst8020099.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-238E-8
Abstract
A negative deviation from Vegard rule for the average atomic volume versus yttrium content was found from experimental crystallographic information about the binary compounds of yttrium with gallium. Analysis of the electron density (DFT calculations) employing the quantum theory of atoms in molecules revealed an increase in the atomic volumes of both Y and Ga with the increase in yttrium content. The non-linear increase is caused by the strengthening of covalent Y-Ga interactions with stronger participation of genuine penultimate shell electrons (4d electrons of yttrium) in the valence region. Summing the calculated individual atomic volumes for a unit cell allows understanding of the experimental trend. With increasing yttrium content, the polarity of the Y-Ga bonding and, thus its ionicity, rises. The covalency of the atomic interactions in Y-Ga compounds is consistent with their delocalization from two-center to multi-center ones.