Two-dimensional limit of exchange-correlation energy functional approximations in density functional theory

Details Two-dimensional limit of exchange-correlation energy functional approximations in density functional theory Two-dimensional limit of exchange-correlation energy functional approximations in density functional theory

1999-11-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9911179v2

Phys. Rev. B 61, 5202 (2000).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

21 pages including 9 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.61.5202

We investigate the behavior of three-dimensional (3D) exchange-correlation energy functional approximations of density functional theory in anisotropic systems with two-dimensional (2D) character. Using two simple models, quasi-2D electron gas and two-electron quantum dot, we show a {\it fundamental limitation} of the local density approximation (LDA), and its semi-local extensions, generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and meta-GGA (MGGA), the most widely used forms of which are worse than the LDA in the strong 2D limit. The origin of these shortcomings is in the inability of the local (LDA) and semi-local (GGA/MGGA) approximations to describe systems with 2D character in which the nature of the exchange-correlation hole is very nonlocal. Nonlocal functionals provide an alternative approach, and explicitly the average density approximation (ADA) is shown to be remarkably accurate for the quasi-2D electron gas system. Our study is not only relevant for understanding of the functionals but also practical applications to semiconductor quantum structures and materials such as graphite and metal surfaces. We also comment on the implication of our findings to the practical device simulations based on the (semi-)local density functional method.

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