Symmetry on Electronic Structure
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 1796
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ferroelectric materials; multiferroic materials; magnetoelectric materials; ferrotoroidic materials; non-collinear magnets; new phenomena at the interface between the aforementioned systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Symmetry is intrinsic to the universe and materials properties is not an exception of the rule.
Symmetry operations can be applied to materials, allowing to distinguish isotropic or anisotropic response or to provide preference over some of the degrees of freedom. While structural properties are very well accounted by the crystal group symmetries, the same concept for electronic structure is still under development, as we find that there are different electronic states depending on the crystal symmetry, relativistic effects, local atomic environments, etc. Electronic states in materials and molecules depend on the structure but also on many other factors such as dimensionality, ground or excited configuration, bonding type, etc. In periodic 3D or 2D solids, the electronic states are represented by the band structure, which are the main ingredient for many of the material properties, while in zero dimensional systems (i.e. molecules), the electronic states can be obtained from linear combination of atomic orbitals. In this issue, we want to invite the community to submit contributions on the effect of symmetries (internal or global degrees of freedom, time reversal, etc.) on the electronic structure of materials and molecules.
Dr. Eric Bousquet
Prof. Dr. Aldo Humberto Romero
Guest Editors
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