Computational Chemistry of Solid State Materials

From the Contents:
CLASSICAL APPROACHES
Ionic Radii Concepts
Electrostatics
Pauling´s Rules
Volume Increments
The Bond-Valence Method
Symmetry Principles
QUANTUM-CHEMICAL APPROACHES
Schrödinger´s Equation
Basis Sets for Molecules
Three Myths of Chemical Bonding
Bloch´s Theorem
Reciprocal Space and the k Quantum Number
Band Structure
Density-of-States and Basic Electron Partitioning
Exchange and Correlation
Electron Localization
How to deal with Exchange and Correlation
DFT
Beyond DFT
Absolute Electronegativity and Hardness
Potentials and Basic Sets in Solids
Structure Optimization
Molecular Dynamics
Practical Aspects
Computer Implementations
THE THEORETICAL MACHINERY AT WORK
Structure and Energetics
Structural Alternatives: Transition-Metal Nitrides
Structure and Physical Properties: Cerium Pnictides
Structures by Peiersl Distortions: Tellurium
Itinerant Magnetism: The Transition-Metals
Itinerant Magnetism: Transition Metal Compounds
Atomic Dynamics in Fe:AlN Nanocomposites
Structural versus Electronic Distortions: MnAl
Challenging Theory:Mercury Carbodiimide and Cyanamide
Quasi-Binary Oxynitrides
Into the Valid: The Sn/Zn System
Predicting Oxynitrides: VON and High-Pressure Phases
Predicting Magnetic Cyanamides and Carbodiimides
Predicting Magnetic Nitrides
EPILOGUE
Into the Void: The Sn/Zn System