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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2021

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF F-BLOCK ORGANOMETALLICS: EN ROUTE TO THE Φ-BOND

If the f-elements; rare earths and actinides, have many applications in various fields (catalysis, materials for optics, for magnetism, for energy and quantum technologies), major fundamental questions yet remain to be discovered. The nature of the interactions between the f orbitals, which have a low radial extension, and their surroundings is still in question. Indeed, if the buried-character of f-electrons confers their compounds with some of their properties, this particularly harms the description of covalent bonds of φ-symmetry. More specifically, the interaction of two φ-symmetry metallic orbitals, which would lead to the description of φ-bonds, is sorely lacking in the landscape of…

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