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@ARTICLE{Wuttig:867920,
author = {Wuttig, Matthias and Deringer, Volker L. and Gonze, Xavier
and Bichara, Christophe and Raty, Jean-Yves},
title = {{I}ncipient {M}etals: {F}unctional {M}aterials with a
{U}nique {B}onding {M}echanism},
journal = {Advanced materials},
volume = {30},
number = {51},
issn = {0935-9648},
address = {Weinheim},
publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-06518},
pages = {1803777 -},
year = {2018},
abstract = {While solid‐state materials are commonly classified as
covalent, ionic, or metallic, there are cases that defy
these iconic bonding mechanisms. Phase‐change materials
(PCMs) for data storage are a prominent example: they have
been claimed to show “resonant bonding,” but a clear
definition of this mechanism has been lacking. Here, it is
shown that these solids are fundamentally different from
resonant bonding in the π‐orbital systems of benzene and
graphene, based on first‐principles data for vibrational,
optical, and polarizability properties. It is shown that
PCMs and related materials exhibit a unique mechanism
between covalent and metallic bonding. It is suggested that
these materials be called “incipient metals,” and their
bonding nature “metavalent”. Data for a diverse set of
58 materials show that metavalent bonding is not just a
superposition of covalent and metallic cases, but instead
gives rise to a unique and anomalous set of physical
properties. This allows the derivation of a characteristic
fingerprint of metavalent bonding, composed of five
individual components and firmly rooted in physical
properties. These findings are expected to accelerate the
discovery and design of functional materials with attractive
properties and applications, including nonvolatile memories,
thermoelectrics, photonics, and quantum materials.},
cin = {PGI-10},
ddc = {660},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-10-20170113},
pnm = {521 - Controlling Electron Charge-Based Phenomena
(POF3-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-521},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:30318844},
UT = {WOS:000453926000029},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201803777},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/867920},
}