Influence of Relativistic Effects on the Contact Formation of Transition Metals

This work has been funded by the Spanish Government through Grants No. FIS2013-47328 and No. MAT2016-78625 and the Conselleria d’Educacio, Investigacio, Cultura i Esport de la Generalitat Valenciana, PROMETEO/2017/139. C. S. gratefully acknowledges financial support from SEPE Servicio Publico de Empleo Estatal. W. D. acknowledges funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa through the Innovation Doctoral scholarship programme, Grant No. UID 102574.