Accurate ionic forces and geometry optimisation in linear scaling density-functional theory with local orbitals

Details Accurate ionic forces and geometry optimisation in linear scaling density-functional theory with local orbitals Accurate ionic forces and geometry optimisation in linear scaling density-functional theory with local orbitals

2011-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/1103.5869v1

Phys. Rev. B 83, 195102 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

11 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195102

Linear scaling methods for density-functional theory (DFT) simulations are formulated in terms of localised orbitals in real-space, rather than the delocalised eigenstates of conventional approaches. In local-orbital methods, relative to conventional DFT, desirable properties can be lost to some extent, such as the translational invariance of the total energy of a system with respect to small displacements and the smoothness of the potential energy surface. This has repercussions for calculating accurate ionic forces and geometries. In this work we present results from \textsc{onetep}, our linear scaling method based on localised orbitals in real-space. The use of psinc functions for the underlying basis set and on-the-fly optimisation of the localised orbitals results in smooth potential energy surfaces that are consistent with ionic forces calculated using the Hellmann-Feynman theorem. This enables accurate geometry optimisation to be performed. Results for surface reconstructions in silicon are presented, along with three example systems demonstrating the performance of a quasi-Newton geometry optimisation algorithm: an organic zwitterion, a point defect in an ionic crystal, and a semiconductor nanostructure.

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