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The ideas of chemical hardness and chemical softness are reviewed, with special emphasis on the research work done on these concepts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Chattaraj, P.K., Parr, R.G. (1993). Density functional theory of chemical hardness. In: Sen, K.D. (eds) Chemical Hardness. Structure and Bonding, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0036797
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