Preface to the Second Edition |
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Preface to First Edition |
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About the Companion Website |
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1 What is Density Functional Theory? |
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1.1 How to Approach This Book |
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1.2 Examples of DFT in Action |
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1.2.1 Ammonia Synthesis by Heterogeneous Catalysis |
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1.2.2 Embrittlement of Metals by Trace Impurities |
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1.2.3 Materials Properties for Modeling Planetary Formation |
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1.2.4 Screening Large Collections of Materials to Develop Photoanodes |
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1.3 The Schrodinger Equation |
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1.4 Density Functional Theory - From Wavefunctions to Electron Density |
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1.5 The Exchange-Correlation Functional |
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12 | (1) |
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1.6 The Quantum Chemistry Tourist |
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1.6.1 Localized and Spatially Extended Functions |
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1.6.2 Wavefunction-Based Methods |
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1.6.3 The Hartree-Fock Method |
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1.6.4 Beyond Hartree-Fock |
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1.8 Density Functional Theory in Other Fields |
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1.9 How to Approach This Book (Revisited) |
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1.10 Which Code Should I Use? |
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2 DFT Calculations for Simple Solids |
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2.1 Periodic Structures, Supercells, and Lattice Parameters |
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2.2 Face-Centered Cubic Materials |
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2.3 Hexagonal Close-Packed Materials |
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2.4 Crystal Structure Prediction |
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2.5 Phase Transformations |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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3 Nuts and Bolts of DFT Calculations |
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3.1 Reciprocal Space and fc-Points |
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3.1.1 Plane Waves and the Brillouin Zone |
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3.1.2 Integrals in fc-Space |
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3.1.3 Choosing fc-Points in the Brillouin Zone |
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3.1.4 Metals - Special Cases in fc-Space |
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3.1.5 Summary of fc-Space |
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3.3 Numerical Optimization |
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3.3.1 Optimization in One Dimension |
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3.3.2 Optimization in More Than One Dimension |
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3.3.3 What Do I Really Need to Know About Optimization? |
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3.4 DFT Total Energies - An Iterative Optimization Problem |
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3.5 Geometry Optimization |
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3.5.1 Internal Degrees of Freedom |
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3.5.2 Geometry Optimization with Constrained Atoms |
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3.5.3 Optimizing Supercell Volume and Shape |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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64 | (1) |
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4 Accuracy of DFT Calculations |
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4.1 How Accurate are DFT Calculations? |
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4.2 Choosing a Functional |
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4.3 Examples of Physical Accuracy |
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4.3.1 Benchmark Calculations for Molecular Systems - Energy and Geometry |
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4.3.2 Benchmark Calculations for Molecular Systems - Vibrational Frequencies |
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4.3.3 Crystal Structures and Cohesive Energies |
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4.3.4 Adsorption Energies and Bond Strengths |
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5 DFT Calculations for Surfaces of Solids |
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5.1 Why Surfaces are Important |
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5.2 Periodic Boundary Conditions and Slab Models |
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5.3 Choosing fc-Points for Surface Calculations |
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5.4 Classification of Surfaces by Miller Indices |
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5.6 Calculation of Surface Energies |
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5.7 Symmetric and Asymmetric Slab Models |
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5.8 Surface Reconstruction |
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5.9 Adsorbates on Surfaces |
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5.9.1 Accuracy of Adsorption Energies |
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5.10 Effects of Surface Coverage |
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5.11 DFT Calculations for Grain Boundaries J01 Exercises |
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102 | (5) |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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104 | (1) |
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6 DFT Calculations of Vibrational Frequencies |
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6.2 Vibrations of a Collection of Atoms |
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6.3 Molecules on Surfaces |
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6.5 Reaction Energies at Finite Temperatures |
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6.6 Phonons and Delocalized Modes |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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7 Calculating Rates of Chemical Processes Using Transition State Theory |
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7.1 One-Dimensional Example |
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7.2 Multidimensional Transition State Theory |
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7.3 Finding Transition States |
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7.3.1 Elastic Band Method |
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7.3.2 Nudged Elastic Band Method |
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7.3.3 Initializing NEB Calculations |
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7.4 Finding the Right Transition States |
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7.5 Connecting Individual Rates to Overall Dynamics |
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7.6 Quantum Effects and Other Complications |
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7.6.1 High Temperatures/Low Barriers |
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7.6.3 Zero-Point Energies |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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8 Predicting Equilibrium Phase Diagrams and Electrochemistry Using Open Ensemble Methods |
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8.1 Stability of Bulk Metal Oxides |
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148 | (6) |
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8.1.1 Examples Including Disorder - Configurational Entropy |
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8.2 Stability of Metal and Metal Oxide Surfaces |
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8.3 DFT for Electrochemistry: The Computational Hydrogen Electrode |
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8.4 Using DFT to Predict Dissolution of Solids in Electrochemical Environments |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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9 Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties |
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9.1 Electronic Density of States |
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9.2 Local DOS and Atomic Charges |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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10 Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics |
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10.1 Classical Molecular Dynamics |
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10.1.1 Molecular Dynamics with Constant Energy |
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10.1.2 Molecular Dynamics in the Canonical Ensemble |
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10.1.3 Practical Aspects of Classical Molecular Dynamics |
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10.2 Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics |
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10.3 Applications of Ab Initio MD |
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10.3.1 Exploring Structurally Complex Materials: Liquids and Amorphous Phases |
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10.3.2 Exploring Complex Energy Surfaces |
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Appendix - Calculation Details |
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11 Methods Beyond "Standard" Calculations |
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11.1 Estimating Uncertainties in DFT |
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11.2 DFT+X Methods for Improved Treatment of Electron Correlation |
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191 | (3) |
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11.2.1 Dispersion Interactions and DFT-D |
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11.2.2 Self-Interaction Error, Strongly Correlated Electron Systems and DFT+U |
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192 | (2) |
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11.3 Random Phase Approximation |
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11.5 Larger System Sizes with Linear Scaling Methods and Classical Forceflelds |
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