Phys. Rev. Lett. 20, 550 - 553 (1968)

Dielectric Definition of Electronegativity

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J. C. Phillips *,†
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England

Received 7 December 1967

A simple model is proposed for the static electronic dielectric constants of zinc-blende and wurtzite crystals in terms of the dielectric constants of diamond-type crystals. The model suggests a natural definition of electronegativity in (sp3)-hybridized valence states.


©1968 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v20/p550
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.20.550

* Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.
Permanent address: James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, III.

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