Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 57-61 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
Keywords
- Kinetic energy density functionals
- Local pseudopotentials
- Main group metals
- Orbital-free density functional theory