Physics – Computational Physics
Scientific paper
2011-01-19
Comput. Phys. Commun. 182, 2174 (2011)
Physics
Computational Physics
23 pages, 15 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.cpc.2011.05.017
A robust, user-friendly, and automated method to determine quantum conductance in disordered quasi-one-dimensional systems is presented. The scheme relies upon an initial density- functional theory calculation in a specific geometry after which the ground-state eigenfunctions are transformed to a maximally-localised Wannier function (MLWF) basis. In this basis, our novel algorithms manipulate and partition the Hamiltonian for the calculation of coherent electronic transport properties within the Landauer-Buttiker formalism. Furthermore, we describe how short- ranged Hamiltonians in the MLWF basis can be combined to build model Hamiltonians of large (>10,000 atom) disordered systems without loss of accuracy. These automated algorithms have been implemented in the Wannier90 code[Mostofi et al, Comput. Phys. Commun. 178, 685 (2008)], which is interfaced to a number of electronic structure codes such as Quantum-ESPRESSO, AbInit, Wien2k, SIESTA and FLEUR. We apply our methods to an Al atomic chain with a Na defect, an axially heterostructured Si/Ge nanowire and to a spin-polarised defect on a zigzag graphene nanoribbon.
Marzari Nicola
Mostofi Arash A.
Poilvert Nicolas
Shelley Matthew
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