Computational studies of doped nanostructures

JR Chelikowsky, MMG Alemany, TL Chan… - Reports on Progress …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the most challenging issues in materials physics is to predict the properties of defects
in matter. Such defects play an important role in functionalizing materials for use in …

Stochastic optimally tuned range-separated hybrid density functional theory

D Neuhauser, E Rabani, Y Cytter… - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We develop a stochastic formulation of the optimally tuned range-separated hybrid density
functional theory that enables significant reduction of the computational effort and scaling of …

[HTML][HTML] Static structure, collective dynamics and transport coefficients in the liquid Li-Pb alloy. An ab initio molecular dynamics study

MMG Alemany, J Souto-Casares, LE González… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Several static and dynamic properties of the liquid Li-Pb alloy at diverse compositions, have
been calculated by means of ab initio molecular dynamics simulation study. This alloy has …

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of molten AlSi alloys

KH Khoo, TL Chan, M Kim, JR Chelikowsky - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2011 - APS
Recent increases in computational efficiency have enabled large-scale ab initio molecular
dynamics simulations to be performed on molten eutectic Al 1− x Si x alloys (x= 0.12). Atomic …

Simulating liquid and amorphous silicon dioxide using real-space pseudopotentials

M Kim, KH Khoo, JR Chelikowsky - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2012 - APS
We present ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of liquid and amorphous silicon
dioxide. The interatomic forces in our simulations are calculated using real-space …

First-principles calculations of lattice-strained core-shell nanocrystals

KH Khoo, JT Arantes, JR Chelikowsky… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
We have examined the properties of CdS-ZnS and ZnS-CdS core-shell nanocrystals over a
range of shell thicknesses using a real-space pseudopotential-density functional theory …

High order forces and nonlocal operators in a Kohn–Sham Hamiltonian

NS Bobbitt, G Schofield, C Lena… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Real space pseudopotentials have a number of advantages in solving for the electronic
structure of materials. These advantages include ease of implementation, implementation on …

Size dependence of structural stability and magnetization of nickel clusters from real-space pseudopotentials

M Sakurai, J Souto-Casares, JR Chelikowsky - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We examine the structural stability and magnetization for nickel clusters containing up to 500
atoms by performing first-principles calculations based on pseudopotential in real space …

Short range orders in molten Al: An ab initio molecular dynamics study

J Ma, Y Dai, W Zhou, J Zhang, J Wang, B Sun - Computational materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
Short range orders (SROs) in molten Al from 943 to 1523 K have been studied through ab
initio molecular dynamics simulations. Pair-correlation functions, bond-angle distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Real-space pseudopotential method for computing the vibrational Stark effect

BF Garrett, I Azuri, L Kronik… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The vibrational Stark shift is an important effect in determining the electrostatic environment
for molecular or condensed matter systems. However, accurate ab initio calculations of the …