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Specific applications of some concepts and methods are discussed. Information on the literature is provided, and the merits and capabilities of various software packages are presented. The chapter concludes with a note on hardware developments.

The yeoman work in any science…is done by the experimentalist, who must keep the theoretician honest.

Michio Kaku, Professor of theoretical physics, City University of New York.

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Notes

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    Personal communication from Professor Christe, 2007 April 24.

  2. 2.

    Personal communication from Professor Christe, 2010 April 16; he concludes that NF5 can exist, although “the synthesis would be difficult”.

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    Personal communication, Professor E. V. Patterson, Division of Science, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 2005 March 7.

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    Personal Communication, Professor F. Neese, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Müllheim an der Ruhr, Germany, 2015 August 20.

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Lewars, E.G. (2024). Selected Literature Highlights, Books, Websites, Software, and Hardware. In: Computational Chemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51443-2_9

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