TY - CHAP AU - Francisco Colmenero Ruiz ED - Daniel Glossman-Mitnik Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - The Application of Periodic Density Functional Theory to the Study of Uranyl-Containing Materials: Thermodynamic Properties and Stability N2 - Density Functional Theory (or DFT for short) is a potent methodology useful for calculating and understanding the molecular and electronic structure of atoms, molecules, clusters, and solids. Its use relies not only in the ability to calculate the molecular properties of the species of interest but also provides interesting concepts that allow a better comprehension of the chemical reactivity of the studied systems. This book represents an attempt to present examples on the utility of DFT for the understanding of the chemical reactivity through descriptors that constitute the basis of the so called Conceptual DFT (sometimes also named as Chemical Reactivity Theory) as well as the application of the theory and its related computational procedures in the determination of the molecular properties of different systems of academic and industrial interest. BT - Density Functional Theory SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.79558 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.79558 SN - 978-1-78985-168-7 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -