Critic: a new program for the topological analysis of solid-state electron densities

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Otero de la Roza, A ^a   Blanco, M A ^a   Pendás, A Martín ^a   Luaña, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

aiPI; Electron density; Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM); Topological analysis; WIEN2k

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GRAPHIC METHODS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; QUANTUM THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; TEST FACILITIES; TOPOLOGY;

AIPI; ELECTRON DENSITY; QUANTUM THEORY OF ATOMS IN MOLECULES (QTAIM); TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; WIEN2K;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 56649114375     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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