A general method to obtain well localized Wannier functions for composite energy bands in linear combination of atomic orbital periodic calculations

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作者
Zicovich-Wilson, CM
Dovesi, R
Saunders, VR
机构
[1] Univ Turin, Dipartimento CIFM, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[2] INFM, Unita Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[3] CLRC, Daresbury Lab, Warrington WA4 4AD, Cheshire, England
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS | 2001年 / 115卷 / 21期
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10.1063/1.1415745
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A method for obtaining spatially localized crystalline orbitals starting from delocalized Bloch functions is proposed. The method, that has been implemented in the LCAO CRYSTAL code, is intrinsic and general for nonconducting systems, and provides a set of well localized Wannier functions that can be used for applications that take advantage of their localized character. Examples are given that illustrate the performances and efficiency of the proposed scheme. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:9708 / 9719
页数:12
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