... Rydberg I 'Flu state. Demoulin and Jungen (1974) used an ab initio quantum chemical approach, but only at the SCF level ...
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... nightmares for traditional quantum chemical approaches for optimizing structures of such ... an unbiased manner with ab initio forces. ...
Two approaches for directly computing a molecular heat of formation based on sophisticated ab initio
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Metal atom clusters are studied based on the application of ab initio quantum mechanical approaches.
... (U) DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE QUANTUM CHEMICAL METHOD FOR ... array of semiempirical approaches and ab initio calculations followed ...
... type of approach, one first solves the electronic part of the Schroedinger equation in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, mapping out the ...
... the potential energy surface provided by modern electronic structure ... screening approach, to determine the equilibrium geometry and composition ...
-body mul- tipartitioning perturbation theory MPPT ,9 which seems to be more adequate for the description. Ab initio finite-field MPPT transition dipole moment functions obtained with the two atomic basis ( em PSZ ) and KN--Ref. 7 ( em KN ); b ab initio calculated in the present work FF-MPPT, ...
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An ab initio centroid molecular dynamics (CMD) method is developed by combining the CMD method with the ab initio molecular orbital method. The ab initio CMD method is applied to vibrational dynamics of diatomic molecules, H2 and HF. For the H2 molecule, the temperature ...
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There has been a significant progress in ab initio approaches to the structure of light nuclei. Starting from realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions the ab initio no-core shell model (NCSM) predicts low-lying levels in p-shell nuclei. It is a chall...
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Research progress on an alternative method to ab initio variational and perturbative approaches for the electronic structure of molecules is described. Progress in the report year on the evaluation of (1) molecular properties, (2) energy derivatives with ...
on "Quantum Chemical Calculation of the Equilibrium Structures of Small ... based on the application of ab initio quantum mechanical approaches. This ...
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... fuels requires an interdisciplinary approach involving ab initio modeling, synthesis ... value of high speed video and quantum chemical calculations to ...
based on the application of ab initio quantum mechanical approaches. This ... work will be appearing in the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. (2) ...
The object of this research is to characterize the energetics, spectroscopic properties, and elementary chemical reactions of molecular ions. The approach used will exploit recent developments in ab initio molecular quantum mechanics. Some of the systems ...
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Using a theoretical quantum chemical approach, we .... completion of the ab initio calculation of the Rydberg and valence potential ...
... This study involves: Ab-initio crystal orbitals and polymer orbitals; Ab-initio coupled cluster program; Ab-initio quantum chemical calculations and ...
We have calculated the melting temperature of tungsten by two ab initio approaches. The first approach can be divided into two steps. In the first step, we simulate a large coexisting solid and liquid system by the classical embedded-atom method potential and obtain an approximate melting temperature. In the second ...
In this paper we review the existing theoretical literature on hydrogen storage in single-walled carbon nanotubes. The importance of theoretical simulations for understanding the adsorption procedure and for improving the storage capacity of these nano-materials is underlined. We report two different categories of theoretical approach used for this purpose, i.e. classical ...
In this work we discuss the summation of the Parquet class of diagrams within Green�s function theory as a possible framework for ab initio nuclear structure calculations. The theory is presented and some numerical details are discussed, in particular the approximations employed. We apply the Parquet method to a simple model, and compare our results with ...
... Title : Chalcopyrite Magnetic Semiconductors: An Ab-Initio Study of Their Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties. ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... COMPENDIUM OF AB INITIO CALCULATIONS ...
... Accession Number : ADA219907. Title : An Ab Initio Study of the Geometry and Rotational Barrier of 4- Phenylimidazole. ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... and agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Ab Initio Calculations of the ...
... Title : Ab Initio Calculation of Vibrational Absorption and Circular Dichroism Spectra Using Density Functional Force Fields. ...
... Title : AB Initio Quantum Chemical Investigations of Solubilities in Supercritical Solutions. Descriptive Note : Conference Paper,. ...
Quantum mechanical-based (or ab initio) methods are used to predict the stability properties of materials although their application is limited to relatively simple systems in terms of structures and number of alloy components. However thermodynamics of complex multi-component alloys requires a more versatile approach afforded within ...
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The methodology of nonempirical ab initio quantum mechanical calculations is reviewed as applied to the field of mineral surface chemistry and water-rock geochemical kinetics. The ab initio treatment of adsorption deals with the covalent forces between surface atoms and molecules either in solution or in the gas ...
We develop and apply an ab-initio approach to nuclear structure. Starting with the NN interaction, that fits two-body scattering and bound state data, and adding a theoretical NNN potential, we evaluate nuclear properties in a no-core approach. For presen...
An approach is developed to enhance sampling for ab initio Monte Carlo and ab initio path integral Monte Carlo calculations of molecular clusters by utilizing an approximate potential as a guide to move in the configuration space more efficiently. The interpolated potential energy obtained by ...
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... Title : AB Initio Study of the Electronic Magnetic Circular Dichroism ... functions are determined using as initio quantum chemical techniques including ...
Molecular orbital calculations on the nickel pentamer cluster were carried out using ab initio methods as well as density functional methods. The molecular orbital cluster approach using effective core potentials (ECP) was used for the ab initio calculati...
The use of damping functions to correct the multipole expansion at short-range is explored. Damping functions for the terms in the multipole expansion can be determined ab initio as a linear combination of analytic functions of the separation between sites, but there are additional short-range terms that have different angular dependence. The ...
An approach is presented for the evaluation of the two distinct types of one-electron integrals arising from the ab initio pseudopotentials introduced by Kahn and Goddard. The integrals are shown to reduce to a sum over products of angular and radial integrals, the latter being approximated by power and asymptotic series combined with ...
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We calculate ab initio values of tight-binding parameters for the f- electron metal Ce and various phases of Si, from local-density functional one-electron Hamiltonian and overlap matrix elements. Our approach allows us to unambiguously test the validity of the common minimal basis and two-center approximations as well as to determine ...
The barriers to internal rotation about the N-C bond of formamide and the formanide-H2O complex have been examined by ab initio quantum chemistry methods. Both selfconsistent field and correlated approaches have been utilized to determine the geometries, ...
The electron transfer (ET) properties of 10- and 12-vertex carboranes are investigated by the ab initio Hartree-Fock method within the Marcus-Hush (MH) two-state model and the Koopman theorem (KT) approach. The calculated value of the ET coupling matrix e...
Both ab initio MO--LCAO--SCF and the electron-gas (or Gordon--Kim) methods have been used to compute the intermolecular potential (Phi) of N/sub 2/ molecules for seven different N/sub 2/--N/sub 2/ orientations. The ab initio calculations were carried out using a (4s3p) contracted Gaussian basis set with and without ...
The molecular cluster model approach for the description of processes at surface is presented. It involves using finite clusters which contain surface atoms interacting with atomic or molecular adsorbates. Accurate ab initio wavefunctions can be obtained ...
Due to recent advances in methods and computers, the accuracy of ab calculations has reached a point
We outline two complementary approaches based on the no core shell model (NCSM) and present recent results. In the ab initio approach, nuclear properties are evaluated with two-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon interactions (TNI) derived within effective field theory (EFT) based on chiral perturbation theory (ChPT). ...
The framework of ab initio density-functional theory (DFT) has been introduced as a way to provide a seamless connection between the Kohn-Sham (KS) formulation of DFT and wave-function based ab initio approaches [R. J. Bartlett, I. Grabowski, S. Hirata, and S. Ivanov, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 034104 ...
The compression of Mg2SiO4, (?-forsterite, ?-wadsleyite and ?-ringwoodite) up to 24 GPa pressure is analysed with the help of two equation of state :first Birch-Murnaghan and second based on ab-initio pseudopotential approach. It is concluded that the EOS based on ab-initio pseudopotential approach show the ...
In this paper, we summarize some results of our ab initio simulations aimed at investigating the mechanism of the NC-AFM image contrast on semiconductor and metallic surfaces. We start with an introduction into the basic ideas behind the ab initio simulation process of the NC-AFM experimental results. Our ...
We build an "all-electron" norm-conserving pseudopotential for boron which extends the use of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations up to 50 times the normal density rho0. This allows us to perform ab initio simulations of dense plasmas from the regime where quantum mechanical effects are important to the regime ...
We build an 'all-electron' norm-conserving pseudopotential for boron which extends the use of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations up to 50 times the normal density {rho}{sub 0}. This allows us to perform ab initio simulations of dense plasmas from the regime where quantum mechanical effects ...
We develop a new ab initio many-body approach capable of describing simultaneously both bound and scattering states in light nuclei, by combining the resonating-group method with the use of realistic interactions, and a microscopic and consistent description of the nucleon clusters. This approach preserves ...
The efficient development of hypergolic fuels requires an interdisciplinary approach involving ab initio modeling, synthesis, and experimental physical chemistry. Candidate molecules must exhibit hypergolic ignition delay times that are fast enough to war...
Some of the approaches toward obtaining an understanding of alloy phase stability within the context of ab initio density functional theory are discussed. Recent results of calculations, using the concentration functional theory of Gyorffy and Stocks, of ...
Following remarks on the nature and limitations of ab initio solutions, recent advances in polyatomic electronic structure theory are discussed. The article closes with a discussion of the method of molecular-orbitals-ionic states. (Author)
The recently introduced theory of self-consistent electron pairs is shown to be a viable computational method for the determination of ab initio correlated molecular wavefunctions. Features of this method over conventional approaches are presented includi...
Progress is reported in development, implementation, and application of a spectral method for ab initio studies of the electronic structure of matter. In this approach, antisymmetry restrictions are enforced subsequent to construction of the many-electron...
Metal atom clusters are studied based on the application of ab initio quantum mechanical approaches. Because these large 'molecular' systems pose special practical computational problems in the application of the quantum mechanical methods, there is a spe...
The application of ab initio quantum mechanical approaches in the study of metal atom clusters requires simplifying techniques that do not compromise the reliability of the calculations. Various aspects of the implementation of the effective core potentia...
A unified summary is presented of the mathematical approach developed by McDowell for employing perturbation theory to correct for basis-set incompleteness in ab initio SCF calculations. Revised expressions for the corrections to the wavefunction both in ...
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LDA + DMFT is a novel computational technique for ab initio investigations of real materials with strongly correlated electrons, such as transition metals and their oxides. It combines the strength of conventional band structure theory in the local densit...
Ab initio, the point reactor kinetics has been derivd systematically with an assumption of separation of neutron number density, into a shape-function and a time-function. The understanding of the actual approach of the phenomena is aimed at by a systemat...
The ab initio computational approach of distributed response analysis is used to quantify how electrons move across conjugated molecules in an electric field, in analogy to conduction. The method promises to be valuable for characterizing the conductive behavior of single molecules in electronic devices.
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The work done in this paper is based on our earlier work on developing an extended Miedema model and then using it to downselect potential alloy systems. Our approach is to closely couple the semi-empirical methodologies to more accurate ab initio methods...
Ab initio electronic structure calculations are performed to support and to help interpret the experimental work reported in the proceeding manuscript. The CCSD(T) approach, in conjunction with a large basis set, is used to compute spectroscopic constants...
... MgPc) and its radical anion doublet (MgPc-), using both ab-initio (6-13G**) and semiemperical (INDO/1) self-consistent field approaches. ...
An MCSCF approach is used to study low lying excited electronic states of CN- and CN in vacuo and in point charge lattices. The latter simulate the electrostatic potential that renders excited states of CN- stable against autoionization in ionic lattices....
An MCSCF approach is used to study low lying excited electronic states of CN- and CN in vacuo and in point-charge lattices. The latter simulate the electrostatic potential that renders excited states of CN- stable against autoionization in ionic lattices....
A new approach for surface studies using the density functional formalism for structural determination and a first principles many-body theory for the quasiparticle surface state energies is discussed. The many-body calculation involves the evaluation of ...
This contribution reviews a number of applications of the ab initio no-core shell model (NCSM) within nuclear physics and beyond. We will highlight a nuclear-structure study of the A = 12 isobar using a chiral NN + 3NF interaction. In the spirit of this workshop we will also mention the new development of the NCSM formalism to describe open channels and to ...
We discuss the application of the finite-element (FE) method to large-scale ab initio electronic-structure calculations in solids. The approach can be understood as an expansion method which uses a strictly local, piecewise-polynomial basis. Because the basis is polynomial in nature, the method is completely general and its convergence ...
We describe large scale ab initio quantum chemical and mixed quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods for studying enzymatic reactions. First, technical aspects of the methodology are reviewed, including the hybrid density functional theory (DFT) methods that are typically employed for the QM aspect of the calculations, and various ...
... AB-INITIO SIMULATION OF a/2110> ... 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE AB-INITIO SIMULATION OF a/2110> SCREW DISLOCATIONS γ-TiAl 5c. ...
... ADP012740 TITLE: Ab Initio Study on Spin Polarization of III-V Compound Tips ... Ab initio study on spin polarization of III-V compound tips ...
Ab initio electronic structure methods can supplement CALPHAD in two major ways for subsequent applications to stability in complex alloys. The first one is rather immediate and concerns the direct input of ab initio energetics in CALPHAD databases. The o...
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Ab initio Hartree--Fock calculations were performed on FeAr and FeAr/sup +/ in order to determine the interaction of both neutral and singly-ionized Fe atoms trapped in Ar, and on ArFeCO and FeCOAr in order to ascertain the effect of an Ar matrix on the FeCO molecule. Quadrupole splittings and isomer shifts are computed using ab ...
We present the first systematic {\\em ab initio} study of anti-ferrodistortive (AFD) order in Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phases of strontium titanate, Sr$_{1+n}$Ti$_n$O$_{3n+1}$, as a function of both compressive epitaxial strain and phase number $n$. We find all RP phases to exhibit AFD order under a significant range of strains, recovering the bulk AFD order ...
We present a systematic ab initio study of antiferrodistortive (AFD) order in Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phases of strontium titanate, Sr1+nTinO3n+1 , as a function of both compressive epitaxial strain and phase number n . We find all RP phases to exhibit AFD order under a significant range of strains, recovering the AFD order of bulk SrTiO3 as �1/n2 . ...
We report full ab initio Hartree-Fock calculation to compute quantum mechanical interaction energies for ?-trypsin/benzamidine binding complex. In this study, the full quantum mechanical ab initio energy calculation for the entire protein complex with 3238 atoms is made possible by using a recently developed MFCC ...
There has been a significant progress in ab initio approaches to the structure of light nuclei. Starting from realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions the ab initio no-core shell model (NCSM) can predict low-lying levels in p-shell nuclei. It is a challenging task to extend ...
In this work we present a theoretical and experimental study of the acetylene-hydrogen system. An ab initio potential surface has been obtained by ab initio quantum chemistry methods. This 4-dimensional potential is further used to compute pressure broadening coefficients of C2H2 isotropic Raman Q lines on a large ...
Structure and dynamics of HeI2 van der Waals (vdW) complex are analyzed from first principles. Ab initio technology, at CCSD(T) and MRCI level of theories, was employed for constructing potential energy surfaces of the ground and excited electronic states, and a full quantum mechanical treatment for studying its dynamics was applied. Spectroscopy in the ...
The study of electrical resistivity of simple binary liquid alloy Na-K is presented as a function of concentration. Hard sphere diameters of sodium (Na) and potassium (K) are obtained through the inter ionic pair potentials evaluated using Troullier and Martins ab-initio pseudopotentials, which have been used to calculate partial structure factors S(q). The Ziman formula for ...
An ab initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulation technique employing the Born-Oppenheimer approach in the framework of a Gaussian implementation of Kohn-Sham density functional theory is used to study the gas-phase conformational dynamics of an alanine dipeptide analog. It is found that conformational transformation between C5 and ...
An ab initio study based on local-density-functional (LDF) theory is presented for the chemisorption of hydrogen on the Pd(111) surface. Our calculation uses the Vienna ab initio molecular-dynamics program (VAMP) based on (i) finite-temperature LDF, (ii) exact calculation of the electronic ground state and ...
The results of ab initio calculations of the vibronically averaged components of the anisotropic magnetic hyperfine tensor in the low-lying vibronic species of the X2? electronic state of the HCCS radical are reported. The electronically averaged hyperfine coupling constants for hydrogen, deuterium, 13C and 33S are obtained as functions of two bending ...
A biased potential molecular dynamics simulation approach, accelerated molecular dynamics (AMD), has been implemented in the framework of ab initio molecular dynamics for the study of chemical reactions. Using two examples, the double proton transfer reaction in formic acid dimer and the hypothetical adiabatic ring opening and ...
... ADP023770. Title : ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Molten Ni-Based Superalloys. Descriptive Note : Conference paper. ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... of Molecular Modelling and Ab initio Molecular ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : New AB Initio Based Density ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Development of Ab-initio Multibody ...
... Ab initio Energies Calculated Using 3 ... of the Transition States (TS ... Descriptors : *TRANSITIONS, *MOLECULES, COMPUTATIONS, COMPARISON ...
... Abstract : Results are presented from ab initio quantum chemical calculations on the ground state potential energy surface for the open shell ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... and agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : An Ab Initio Study of Solid ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : An AB Initio Study of Dimethyl ...
... Accession Number : ADA523968. Title : Ab-initio Simulations of Molten Ni Alloys. Descriptive Note : Journal article (preprint). ...
... Title : Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Molten Ni-Based Superalloys. Descriptive Note : Conference paper (preprint). ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations ...
... We carried out ab-initio quantum chemical calculations on these energetic cyclic ethers and generated the electrostatic molecular potential contour ...
Ab initio quantum chemical techniques have been used to investigate weakly bund complexes of H20 and SO2. An energy gradient program was used to ...
... Accession Number : ADA351780. Title : Ab Initio and DFT Potential Energy Surfaces for Cyanuric Chloride Reactions. Descriptive Note : Final rept. ...
... Ab initio study on atomic structures and physical properties of CdSe quantum nanodots ... Figure 2. Diagram of covered nanodots. ...
... Title : Ab Initio Study on Atomic Structures and Physical Properties of CdSe Quantum Nanodots. Descriptive Note : Final rept. ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Ab Initio Study of the Structure ...
... moment has been cancelled a priori for the electronic transition as a function of R(CC), using ab initio quantum chemical techniques including state ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... and agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Ab Initio Study of Ultracold ...
1 AB INITIO STUDIES ON HEXAVALENT PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS Ashley L. Wilson* Aberdeen High School Aberdeen, Maryland 21001 ...
... Accession Number : ADA436055. Title : Ab Initio Studies on Hexavalent Phosphorus Compounds. Descriptive Note : Conference paper. ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Ab Initio Relativistic Study of ...
... Accession Number : ADA440631. Title : Ab Initio Quantum Chemical Study of Electron Transfer in Carboranes. Descriptive Note : Journal article. ...
... Accession Number : ADA270577. Title : Ab Initio Potential Energy Surface for the H + OCS Reaction. Descriptive Note : Final rept. ...
... [2"- ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY [C Ab Initio Potential Energy Surface for H + OCS Reactions: Extended Basis Sets ...
... Results of this study substantiate findings from an earlier quantum chemical study using a lower ... for (I) and (II) based on the earlier ab initio study. ...
... Ab initio direct trajectory simulation on hydrogen atom transfer in 7-azaindole in the electronic excited state with assist of water molecules ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Ab Initio Direct Trajectory Simulation on ...
... Title : Ab Initio Calculation of Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectra Using Accurate Post-Self-Consistent-Field Force Fields: trans-2,3 ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : Ab Initio Calculation of Intermolecular ...
... from federally funded research, testing and training ... agencies for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... Title : AB Initio Propagator Theory of ...
Structural and spectroscopic properties of hydrazine, H(2)N-NH(2), it being a floppy or fluxional molecule in a vacuum, are investigated by means of ab initio molecular dynamics, ab initio path integral molecular dynamics, and ab initio ring polymer molecular dynamics ...
The theoretical principles underpinning the calculation of infrared spectra for condensed-phase systems in the context of ab initio molecular dynamics have been recently developed in literature. At present, most ab initio molecular dynamics calculations are restricted to relatively small systems and short ...
The direct application of ab-initio methods (Hartree-Fock or density functional theory) to study complete biomolecules has been impossible due to the huge computational cost of fully quantum mechanical calculations. As an initial step towards overcoming this problem, we implemented an ab-initio-based method to predict geometric structures of large ...
We outline the ab initio no core shell model and present recent results. Nuclear properties are evaluated with two-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon interactions (TNI) derived within effective field theory (EFT) based on chiral perturbation theory (ChPT). Fitting two available parameters of the TNI generates good descriptions of light nuclei. In another ...
It is essential to know the arrangement of the atoms in a material in order to compute and understand its properties. Searching for stable structures of materials using first-principles electronic structure methods, such as density-functional-theory (DFT), is a rapidly growing field. Here we describe our simple, elegant and powerful approach to searching for structures with ...
We present ab initio density functional investigations of the atomic and electronic structure of gallium nitride nanodots and nanowires. With increasing diameter, the average Ga-N bond length in the nanostructures increases, as does the relative stability (heat of formation), approaching the values for bulk GaN. As the diameter ...
The rates of intramolecular proton transfer are calculated on a full-dimensional reactive electronic potential energy surface that incorporates high level ab initio calculations along the reaction path and by using classical Transition State theory, Path-Integral Quantum Transition State Theory, and the Quantum Instanton approach. The ...
Certain classes of temperature-composition binary alloy phase diagrams can now be computed in an ab-initio'' approach. No adjustable or experimentally fitted parameter is used. The expectation value of the energy is expressed in terms of an expansion of cluster probabilities, where the prefactors, the Effective Cluster Interaction, are ...
Certain classes of temperature-composition binary alloy phase diagrams can now be computed in an ``ab-initio`` approach. No adjustable or experimentally fitted parameter is used. The expectation value of the energy is expressed in terms of an expansion of cluster probabilities, where the prefactors, the Effective Cluster Interaction, are related to the ...
A first-principles analysis of ballistic electron emission spectroscopy (BEES) is used to extract hot-electron lifetimes in metals. The lifetimes are computed within an ab initio framework based on density-functional theory and the GW approximation, and are used in a Keldysh Green function approach for the calculation of BEES currents. ...
An approach for ab initio synthesis of the thin lens structure of linearly compensated zoom lenses is reported. This method uses evolutionary programming that explores the available configuration space formed by powers of the individual components, the intercomponent separations, and the relative movement parameters of the moving ...
We have developed an ab initio path integral molecular dynamics method based on the fragment molecular orbital method. This �FMO-PIMD� method can treat both nuclei and electrons quantum mechanically, and is useful to simulate large hydrogen-bonded systems with high accuracy. After a benchmark calculation for water monomer, water trimer and glycine ...
The authors present a newly developed, ab-initio, self-consistent procedure for predictive calculations of electronic and related properties of ferroelectric materials. Known as the Bagayoko, Zhao, and Williams (BZW) procedure, this approach resolves the long-standing disagreement between experimental and theoretical conduction bands, in general, and band ...
The spontaneous polarization and the piezoelectric constants of ZnO and BeO are calculated at an ab initio quantum-mechanical level by using two alternative strategies, namely, through the Berry phase scheme applied to delocalized crystalline orbitals, and through the definition of well-localized Wannier functions. The two sets of results, obtained in the ...
Self-assembled functional devices using hybrid inorganic/organic interfaces has been an area of recent interest in interdisciplinary science and engineering research. Chemical and biological systems using bottom-up approach hold promise to continue the scaling of nano devices. Our current research is focused on model studies involving chemical/biological self-assembly based on ...
We have performed ab initio simulations to investigate the effect of carbon adatoms on the plastic deformation of carbon nanotubes. Under applied stress, the system spontaneously undergoes a Stone-Wales transformation catalyzed by the exchange of the adatom with a substrate atom. The unraveled mechanism reduces the barrier by a factor 3 to 5 and is the ...
Using the coreless Hartree-Fock (CHF) pseudopotential approach we have generated pseudopotentials for the atoms K through Zn. Atomic calculations indicate that excitation energies and orbital energies using these pseudopotentials are in excellent agreement with ab initio Hartree-Fock calculations. Optimized small basis sets for use ...
Electronically nonadiabatic effects during the chemisorption of hydrogen atoms on an Al(111) surface are simulated ab initio using time-dependent density-functional theory for the electrons in combination with Ehrenfest dynamics for the nuclei. Strongly nonadiabatic effects close to the spin transition of the H atom are identified, and the dissipated ...
The ab initio/classical free energy perturbation (ABC-FEP) method proposed previously by Wood et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 110, 1329 (1999)] uses classical simulations to calculate solvation free energies within an empirical potential model, then applies free energy perturbation theory to determine the effect of changing the empirical solute-solvent interactions ...
We report on the determination of a high quality ab initiu potential energy surface (PES) and dipole
