Quantum Topological Atoms

This report follows on from the first report in the RSC Specialist Periodical Report series, this time with a slightly more adventurous title that specifies more precisely the character of the theory of Atoms in Molecules (AIM) pioneered by Bader and co-workers. In the first report we reviewed AIM from its very origin up to June 1999. The reader is referred to the first report for information on what AIM is and on software that implements it. Very recently two new books have appeared that may help the uninitiated to learn AIM or to deepen one s level of understanding. A recent popular account may also be of interest. 

Chemical Modelling Applications and Theory, Volume 2 The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002 

A word on the categorization of the papers is in place here. We faced the same dilemma as for the first report does one classify the papers in terms of chemical classes or in terms of methods and concepts As before we have opted to give 

Some workers regard AIM and ELF as two different methods to analyse quantum systems. Although we have maintained this distinction throughout the text for ease of reference and discussion we feel uncomfortable perpetuating it 

Lazzeretti, Caputo et al. 1999 Uberuaga, Batista et al. 1999 Zitto, Caputo et al. 2000 Cerofolini, Meda et al. 2001 Haiduke, Hase et al. 2001 Oliferenko, Palyulin et al. 2001 Zitto, Caputo et al. 2001 

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P. L. A. Popelier and P. J. Smith, Quantum topological atoms. In Chemical Modelling Applications and Theory, edited by A. Hinchlifle (The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2002), Vol. 2, Chapter 8, pp. 391 48. 

Popelier, P.L.A. and Aicken, F.M. (2003) Atomic properties of selected biomolecules quantum topological atom types of carbon occurring in natural amino acids and derived molecules, /owmol of the American Chemical Society, 125, 1284-1292,... 

Rafat, M, Devereux, M., and Popelier, P,L,A, (2005) Rendering of quantum topological atoms and bonds. Journal of Molecular Graphics Modelling, 24, 111-120. 

Steven Wilson continues his coverage of many body perturbation theory, whilst Paul Popelier and Paul Smith continue the story of recent advances in the theory of quantum topological atoms. 

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