guest-editor, K.D. Sen ; with contributions by J.A. Alonso ... [et al.]
New York :
Springer-Verlag,
c1993
268 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Structure and bonding ;
80
Includes bibliographical references
Chemical hardness-- a historical introduction / Ralph G. Pearson -- Density functional theory of chemical hardness / Pratim K. Chattaraj, Robert G. Parr -- Hardness and softness in density functional theory / José L. Gázquez -- Hardness indices for free and bonded atoms / Ludwik Komorowski -- The ground-state energy of atomic and molecular ions and its variation with the number of electrons / N.H. March -- Isoelectronic changes in energy, electronegativity, and hardness in atoms via the calculations of / K.D. Sen -- Charge capacities and shell structures of atoms / Peter Politzer, Jane S. Murray and M. Edward Grice -- The hardness based molecular charge sensitivities and their use in the theory of chemical reactivity / R.F. Nalewajski -- The EEM approach to chemical hardness in molecules and solids : fundamentals and applications / Bart G. Baekelandt, Wilfried J. Mortier, Robert A. Schoonheydt -- Hardness of metallic clusters / J.A. Alonso and L.C. Balbás