Martin Rahm, Paul Erhart and Roberto Cammi
Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 2397-2403
DOI:
10.1039/D0SC06675C,
Edge Article
Trends in atomic properties are well-established tools for guiding the analysis and discovery of materials. Here, we show how compression can reveal a long sought-after connection between two central chemical concepts – van-der-Waals (vdW) radii and electronegativity – and how these relate to the driving forces behind chemical and physical transformations.