Quantum Crystallography: Current Developments and Future Perspectives
(2018) In Chemistry: A European Journal 24. p.10881-10905- Abstract
- Crystallography and quantum mechanics have always been tightly connected because reliable quantum mechanical models are needed to determine crystal struc- tures. Due to this natural synergy, nowadays accurate distri- butions of electrons in space can be obtained from diffrac- tion and scattering experiments. In the original definition of quantum crystallography (QCr) given by Massa, Karle and Huang, direct extraction of wavefunctions or density matri- ces from measured intensities of reflections or, conversely, ad hoc quantum mechanical calculations to enhance the ac- curacy of the crystallographic refinement are implicated. Nevertheless, many other active and emerging research areas involving quantum mechanics and scattering experi- ments... (More)
- Crystallography and quantum mechanics have always been tightly connected because reliable quantum mechanical models are needed to determine crystal struc- tures. Due to this natural synergy, nowadays accurate distri- butions of electrons in space can be obtained from diffrac- tion and scattering experiments. In the original definition of quantum crystallography (QCr) given by Massa, Karle and Huang, direct extraction of wavefunctions or density matri- ces from measured intensities of reflections or, conversely, ad hoc quantum mechanical calculations to enhance the ac- curacy of the crystallographic refinement are implicated. Nevertheless, many other active and emerging research areas involving quantum mechanics and scattering experi- ments are not covered by the original definition although they enable to observe and explain quantum phenomena as accurately and successfully as the original strategies. There- fore, we give an overview over current research that is relat- ed to a broader notion of QCr, and discuss options how QCr can evolve to become a complete and independent domain of natural sciences. The goal of this paper is to initiate dis- cussions around QCr, but not to find a final definition of the field. (Less)
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- Genoni, Alessandro ; Bučinský, Lukas ; Claiser, Nicolas ; Contreras‐García, Julia ; Dittrich, Birger ; Ryde, Ulf LU and Grabowsky, Simon
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- 2018-02-28
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- Chemistry: A European Journal
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- 24
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- 10881 - 10905
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- 1521-3765
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- 10.1002/chem.201705952
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- English
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