Theoretical Methods

During the twentieth century an impressive progress in the theories and computational methods was achieved so that nowadays it is possible to obtain/predict energies and properties of many solid systems with high accuracy, assuming a model of the solid as

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Riccardo Freccero

Study of New Ternary Rare-Earth Intermetallic Germanides with Polar Covalent Bonding Beyond the Zintl Picture

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Riccardo Freccero

Study of New Ternary Rare-Earth Intermetallic Germanides with Polar Covalent Bonding Beyond the Zintl Picture Doctoral Thesis accepted by University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

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Author Dr. Riccardo Freccero Chemical Metals Science Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids Dresden, Germany

Supervisors Dr. Frank R. Wagner Chemical Metals Science Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids Dresden, Germany Prof. Adriana Saccone Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry University of Genoa Genoa, Italy

ISSN 2190-5053 ISSN 2190-5061 (electronic) Springer Theses ISBN 978-3-030-58991-2 ISBN 978-3-030-58992-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58992-9 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of transl