<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ganguly, Parthasarathy</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular geometry from molecular tensegrity: a case study of gas-phase MX2 compounds</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Current Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gas-phase</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">molecular geometry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MX2 compounds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tensegrity</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CURRENT SCIENCE ASSN</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C V RAMAN AVENUE, PO BOX 8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">90</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1251-1253</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We define a tensegrity factor, t(00)(+/-), for X-M-X linkages of gas-phase MXn compounds (X is an atom of an insulating element) that is a measure of the matching of `ideal' 1,2-(single-bonded) M-X distance, d(MX)(00), to the `ideal' (non-bonded) 1,3-X–-X distances, d(MX)(00). The actually observed 1,3-distance, d(XX) is given (within 1% error) by 2CR(X)/F-S, where F-S (= 2-1.41(00)(+/-)) is shown to be an ab initio quantity with no adjustable parameter, no dependence on actual M-X distance or bond order and with 2CR(X) depending only on whether M is an atom of an insulating element (2CR(X) =d(XX)(00)) or whether M is metallic (2CR(X) = 1.1d(XX)(00)). This is illustrated for gas-phase MX2 compounds.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Indian&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0.967</style></custom4></record></records></xml>