Crystal orbitals overlap populations

Another question is whether the filled orbitals are of a bonding or antibonding character. This is displayed on a crystal orbital overlap population (COOP) plot as shown in Figure 34.3. Typically, the positive bonding region is plotted to the right of the zero line. 

COOP (crystal orbital overlap population) a plot analogous to population analysis for band-structure calculations... 

Fig. 10.2 Crystal Orbital Overlap Population (COOP) and Densities of States (DOS) plots for SrCa2ln2Ce (a) COOP plots of the In-In (solid) and In-Ge (dashed) interactions (b) DOS plots of the total DOS (dotted), ln-5py lone pair (dashed), and ln-5px p-states (solid).

The "Crystal Orbital Overlap Population" (COOP) [20] shows (Fig. 4) that all levels arising below the Fermi level are a and Jt bonding and the highest energy levels are ct and n antibonding however the specific COOP curves for each Mo-0 distance (Fig. 5) show a... 

Top DOS contributions of the different bands of a PtX - chain and their superposition to give the total density of states. Bottom COOP contributions of the different bands and their superposition to give the crystal orbital overlap population... 

Schematic sketch of the density of states and the crystal orbital overlap population for metals...

At the end of Section 10.1 the Mulliken overlap population is mentioned as a quantity related to the bond order. A corresponding quantity for solids was introduced by R. Hoffmann the crystal orbital overlap population (COOP). It is a function that specifies the bond strength in a crystal, all states being taken into account by the Mulliken overlap populations Its calculation requires a powerful computer however, it can... 

The orbital interaction which is responsible for the adsorption of molecular oxygen on the Ag(110) surface is mainly between silver dxz and 7t 0-0- The interaction between the silver surface and molecular oxygen leads to a donation of 1.55 electrons into the 7t o o from surface because the Fermi level of the surface is located higher in energy than n oo In Figure 1 is shown the contribution for the adsorbed molecular oxygen in 2 to the total density of states (DOS) and also the Ag-O and 0-0 crystal orbital overlap population (COOP) curves. 

Figure 20 Total density of states (left), and Pt-H (middle) and Pt-Pt (right) crystal orbital overlap population curves for the eclipsed PtH,2- stack.

Figure 24 Crystal orbital overlap population for CO, on top, in a c(2 x 2)CO-Ni(100) model. Representative orbital combinations are drawn out.

With a little effort, we have constructed the tools—density of states, its decompositions, the crystal orbital overlap population—that allow us to move from a complicated, completely delocalized set of crystal orbitals or Bloch functions to the localized, chemical description. There is no mystery... 

Figure 29 Crystal orbital overlap population curves for the Mn-Mn bonds (solid line) and Mn-P bonds (dotted line) in the Mn2P22 single layer.

It is now clear that the apparatus of densities of states and crystal orbital overlap populations has served to restore to us a frontier orbital or interaction diagram way of thinking about the way molecules bond to surfaces, or the way atoms or clusters bond in three-dimensional extended structures. Whether it is 2t CO with d of Ni(100), or e of CR with some part of the Pt(lll) band, or the Mn and P sublattices in Mn2P22, or the Chevrel phases discussed below, in all of these cases we can describe what happens in terms of local action. The only novel feature so far is that the interacting orbitals in the solid often are not single orbitals localized in energy or space, but bands. 

Ultimately, the treatment of electronic structure in extended systems is no more complicated (nor is it less so) than in discrete molecules. The bridge to local chemical action advocated here is through decompositions of the DOS and the crystal orbital overlap population (COOP) curves. These deal with the fundamental questions Where are the electrons Where can I find the bonds ... 

DOS = Density of states BO = Bloch orbital IBZ = Irreducible Brillouin zone BZ = Brillouin zone PZ = Primitive zone COOP = Crystal orbital overlap population CDW = Charge density wave MO = Molecular orbital DFT = Density functional theory HF = Hartree-Fock LAPW = Linear augmented plane wave LMTO = Linear muffin tin orbital LCAO = Linear combination of atomic orbitals. 

Finally, we study the atom-atom and orbital-orbital interactions by evaluation of the crystal orbital overlap population (COOP) and the overlap population (OP) corresponding to bonds and atomic orbitals, in order to analyze... 

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