Atomic Paths (IMAGE)

Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

Atomic Paths

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Oxidation numbers are defined from the integer charge transported in periodic atomic paths, according to the Thouless theory of charge-transport quantisation. The figure shows a minimum-energy path of a K ion in a model of liquid KCl.

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Grasselli and Baroni, SISSA

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