Nuclear quantum effects in ab initio dynamics: theory and experiments for lithium imide

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2010-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/1009.2862v1

Phys. Rev. B 82, 174306 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.174306

Owing to their small mass, hydrogen atoms exhibit strong quantum behavior even at room temperature. Including these effects in first principles calculations is challenging, because of the huge computational effort required by conventional techniques. Here we present the first ab-initio application of a recently-developed stochastic scheme, which allows to approximate nuclear quantum effects inexpensively. The proton momentum distribution of lithium imide, a material of interest for hydrogen storage, was experimentally measured by inelastic neutron scattering experiments and compared with the outcome of quantum thermostatted ab initio dynamics. We obtain favorable agreement between theory and experiments for this purely quantum mechanical property, thereby demonstrating that it is possible to improve the modelling of complex hydrogen-containing materials without additional computational effort.

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