Introduction What is an Atom? What is a Bond? The Topological Atom is the Quantum Atom Quantum Mechanics of a Proper Open System The Laplacian of the Electron Density and the Lewis and VSEPR Models Further Reading

Further Reading

1. R. F. W. Bader, Atoms in Molecules - A Quantum Theory, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1990. ISBN: 0198558651
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2. R. F. W. Bader, P. L. A. Popelier and T. A. Keith, Theoretical Definition of a Functional Group and the Molecular Orbital Paradigm, Angewandte Chemie, Intl. Ed., Eng. 33, 620 (1994).

3. R. F. W. Bader, Principle of Stationary Action and the Definition of a Proper Open System, Phys. Rev. B49, 13348 (1994).

4. P. L. A. Popelier and R. F. W. Bader, The Effect of Twisting a Polypeptide on its Geometry and Electron Distribution, J. Phys. Chem. 98, 4473 (1994).

5. P. F. Zou and R. F. W. Bader, Topological Definition of a Wigner-Seitz Cell and the Atomic Scattering Factor, Acta Cryst. A50, 714 (1994).

6. R. F. W. Bader and T. A. Keith, Properties of Atoms In Molecules: Magnetic Susceptibilities, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 3683 (1993).

7. T. A. Keith and R. F. W. Bader, Topological Analysis of Magnetically Induced Molecular Current Distributions, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 3669 (1993).

8. R. F. W. Bader, K. M. Gough, K. E. Laidig and T. A. Keith, Properties of Atoms in Molecules: Additivity and Transferability of Group Polarizabilities, Mol. Phys. 75, 1167 (1992).

9. C. Chang and R. F. W. Bader, Theoretical Construction of a Polypeptide, J. Phys. Chem. 96, 1654 (1992).

10. K. B. Wiberg, R. F. W. Bader and C. D. H. Lau, A Theoretical Analysis of Hydrocarbon Properties: II Additivity of Group Properties and the Origin of Strain Energy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 985 (1987).

11. R. F. W. Bader, R. J. Gillespie and P. J. MacDougall, Physical Basis for the VSEPR Model of Molecular Geometry, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 7329 (1988).

12. I. Bytheway, R. J. Gillespie, T.-H. Tang and R. F. W. Bader, Core Distortions and Geometries of the Difluorides and Dihydrides of Ca, Sr and Ba, Inorg. Chem. 34, 2407 (1995).

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