Calculations of Perovskite Surface Relaxation

2000 ◽  
Vol 654 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Heifets ◽  
E.A. Kotominc ◽  
R.I. Eglitisc ◽  
R.E. Cohen

AbstractThe (100) and (110) surface relaxations are calculated for SrTiO3 and BaTiO3 perovskite thin films by means of a semi-empirical shell model (SM) for different surface terminations. Our SM results for the (100) surface structure are in good agreement with our present ab initio Hartree-Fock calculations with electron correlation corrections, previous ab initio pseudopotential calculationsand LEED experiments. The surface energy for the Ba-, Sr-, TiO- terminated (110) surfaces is found much larger than that for the (100) one. In contrast, the surface energy for the asymmetric O-termination, where outermost O atoms are strongly on-plane displaced, is the lowest for all (110) terminations and thus the most stable.

2001 ◽  
Vol 672 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Heifetsa ◽  
R.I. Eglitisb ◽  
E.A. Kotomin ◽  
G. Borstelb

ABSTRACTWe present and discuss results of the calculations for SrTiO3 (100) surface relaxation with different terminations (SrO and TiO2) using a semi-empirical shell model (SM) as well as abinitio methods based on Hartree-Fock (HF) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) formalisms. Using the SM, the positions of atoms in 16 near-surface layers placed atop a slab of rigid ions are optimized. This permits us determination of surface rumpling and surfaceinduced dipole moments (polarization) for different terminations. We also compare results of the ab initio calculations based on both HF with the DFT-type electroncorrelation corrections, several DFT with different exchange-correlation functionals, and hybrid exchange techniques. OurSM results for the (100) surfaces are in a good agreement with both our ab initio calculations and LEED experiments.


2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (13n14) ◽  
pp. 2204-2214 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEATE PAULUS

The method of increments is a wavefunction-based ab initio correlation method for solids, which explicitly calculates the many-body wavefunction of the system. After a Hartree-Fock treatment of the infinite system the correlation energy of the solid is expanded in terms of localised orbitals or of a group of localised orbitals. The method of increments has been applied to a great variety of materials with a band gap, but in this paper the extension to metals is described. The application to solid mercury is presented, where we achieve very good agreement of the calculated ground-state properties with the experimental data.


2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 363-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Elerman ◽  
H. Kara ◽  
A. Elmali

The synthesis and characterization of [Cu2(L1)(3,5 prz)] (L1=1,3-Bis(2-hydroxy-3,5-chlorosalicylideneamino) propan-2-ol) 1 and of [Cu2(L2)(3,5 prz)] (L2=1,3-Bis(2-hydroxy-bromosalicylideneamino) propan-2-ol) 2 are reported. The compounds were studied by elemental analysis, infrared and electronic spectra. The structure of the Cu2(L1)(3,5 prz)] complex was determined by x-ray diffraction. The magnetochemical characteristics of these compounds were determined by temperaturedependent magnetic susceptibility measurements, revealing their antiferromagnetic coupling. The superexchange coupling constants are 210 cm−1 for 1 and 440 cm−1 for 2. The difference in the magnitude of the coupling constants was explained by the metal-ligand orbital overlaps and confirmed by ab-initio restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) calculations. In order to determine the nature of the frontier orbitals, Extended Hückel Molecular Orbital (EHMO) calculations are also reported.


Author(s):  
Banjo Semire ◽  
Isaiah Ajibade Adejoro ◽  
Olusegun Ayobami Odunola

In this paper, we theoretically studied the geometries, stabilities, electronic and thermodynamic properties of bridged bithiophene S-oxide (BTO-X) derivates (with X = BH2, SiH2, S, S=O, and O) by using semi-empirical methods, ab-initio, and Density functional theory. The geometries and thermodynamic parameters calculated by PM3 were in good agreement with that of B3LYP/6-31G(d). The bandgap calculated by B3LYP/6-31G(d) ranged from 3.94eV (BTO-O)-3.16eV (BTO-BH2). The absorption λmax calculated suing B3LYP/6-31G(d) shifted to longer wavelength with X=BH2, SiH2, and S=O due to enhancement of π-conjugated system whereas, BTO-S and BTO-O shifted to shorter wavelengths as compared to dimmer thiophene S-oxide (2TO).


2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 333-336
Author(s):  
Evgenii A. Romanenko ◽  
Alexander M. Nesterenko

IThe 35Cl nuclear quadrupole resonances (77 K) and ab initio calculations of trichloromethyldichlorophosphine () show that it exists in the chess conformation form. The barrier to internal rotation about the P-C bond in I at the RHF/6-31++ G(d,p) level equals to 38.1 kJ mol-1. In chloromethyldichlorophosphine (II) the extension of the basis set up to the RHF/6-311++G(df, pd) level does not improve the description of the most preferable gauche-conformation; only if electron correlation (at the MP2 level) is taken into account the results are in a good agreement with experimental data.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (28) ◽  
pp. 14368-14377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Cui ◽  
Marcus Elstner

Semi-empirical (SE) methods are derived from Hartree–Fock (HF) or Density Functional Theory (DFT) by neglect and approximation of electronic integrals.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 2434-2448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bellinger ◽  
Jens Pflaum ◽  
Christoph Brüning ◽  
Volker Engel ◽  
Bernd Engels

The electronic structure of crystalline PTCDA in comparison to other perylene-based organic semi-conductors.


1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 810-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Davis ◽  
John D. Goddard

Dithia- and diselena-diazolyl radicals (HCN2E2 E = S, Se) and dimers are important building blocks in the design of low-dimensional molecular conductors. Research on the tellurium-based analogues is much rarer. This work reports the molecular and electronic structures of the cation, radical, and radical dimers of 1,2,3,5-ditelluradiazolyl using ab initio theory including electron correlation by Møller–Plesset perturbation theory up to partial fourth order (MP4SDQ). A face-to-face C2v dimer is predicted to be bound with respect to two radicals by approximately 18 kcal/mol. A C2h, dimer also has been studied and is ca. 2 kcal/mol less stable than the C2v conformer. Relaxing symmetry constraints on the dimers led to more energetically stable structures at the Hartree–Fock level but the C2v structure remains the most stable at a level of theory including electron correlation effects. The results for the Te compounds along with our earlier research on the S and Se analogues provide predictions for the geometries, vibrational frequencies, and ionization potentials for the Te species to assist in future experiments. Key words: tellurium, ab initio, ditelluradiazolyl, dimers, binding.


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