Ab initio molecular dynamics using density based energy functionals: application to ground state geometries of some small clusters

Details Ab initio molecular dynamics using density based energy functionals: application to ground state geometries of some small clusters Ab initio molecular dynamics using density based energy functionals: application to ground state geometries of some small clusters

1995-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9510083v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

15 pages, 3 PS figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.53.2126

The ground state geometries of some small clusters have been obtained via ab initio molecular dynamical simulations by employing density based energy functionals. The approximate kinetic energy functionals that have been employed are the standard Thomas-Fermi $(T_{TF})$ along with the Weizsacker correction $T_W$ and a combination $F(N_e)T_{TF} + T_W$. It is shown that the functional involving $F(N_e)$ gives superior charge densities and bondlengths over the standard functional. Apart from dimers and trimers of Na, Mg, Al, Li, Si, equilibrium geometries for $Li_nAl, n=1,8$ and $Al_{13}$ clusters have also been reported. For all the clusters investigated, the method yields the ground state geometries with the correct symmetries with bondlengths within 5\% when compared with the corresponding results obtained via full orbital based Kohn-Sham method. The method is fast and a promising one to study the ground state geometries of large clusters.

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