Describing metal surfaces and nanostructures with orbital-free density functional theory

被引:26
作者
Ho, Gregory S. [4 ]
Huang, Chen [3 ]
Carter, Emily A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Program Appl & Computat Math, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[3] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[4] Princeton Univ, Dept Chem, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Orbital-free density functional theory; Kinetic energy density functionals; Local pseudopotentials; Main group metals;
D O I
10.1016/j.cossms.2008.06.005
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT) can be made to scale linearly with sample size, allowing thousands of atoms to be treated explicitly with quantum mechanics. State-of-the-art kinetic energy density functionals and ion-electron pseudopotentials are used to obtain accurate structural property predictions for nanoparticles, nanowires, extended surfaces, and nanoindentation of simple metals. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:57 / 61
页数:5
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