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The plasticity of Ag2S and Ag2Se crystals important for applications is associated mainly with AgAg metallophilic bonds, which are related to van der Waals interactions and therefore are not directed. This is demonstrated by the first principles DFT M06 LCAO calculations of Ag2X (X = S, Se) crystals (periodic model) and hypothetical molecules XnAg2n (X = S, Se; n = 1, 2, 4) in gas phase (molecular model). A topological analysis of the calculated electron density, was performed both for periodic and molecular models of Ag2X (X = S, Se). It was found that Ag–Ag interatomic distances are close in periodic and molecular models. The numerical values of electron density, its Laplacian, kinetic, and potential energy densities are also close in both models and confirm the existence of AgAg metallophilic bonds.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)242-247
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Computational Chemistry
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Feb 2021

    Research areas

  • argentophillic interactions, density functional calculations, electron density topological analysis, molecular model of crystal

    Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mathematics
  • Chemistry(all)

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