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. 2016 Mar 18;45(22):6138–6146. doi: 10.1039/c5cs00841g

Table 1. A list of commonly-used descriptors in materials screening and design.

Atom/ion Structure Property
Atomic number Stoichiometry Seebeck coefficient
Radius Density Band gap
Electronegativity Space group Ionisation potential
Oxidation state Lattice parameter Polarisation
Solid-state energy Coordination Magnetic moment
Magnetic moment Connectivity Dielectric constant
Polarisability Bond length Carrier effective mass