Title :
A bottom-up computational framework for first-principle all-electron calculations
Author :
Zhang, D. ; Polizzi, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we aim to address the challenges of atomistic simulations posed by traditional ab-initio modeling approaches for electronic structure calculations. We propose to demonstrate the robustness of our real-space mesh modeling framework capable to produce well-suited and scalable problems for addressing large-scale ab-initio simulations. First-principle simulations are performed solving the Kohn-Sham self-consistent equation for all-electrons using core potential in order to preserve the locality of the potential and the linear scalability of our modeling framework. We then explore the benefits of the new FEAST eigenvalue solver for simulating arbitrary atomic nanostructures. Finally, we present simulation results for systems of atoms, molecules, and Polyparaphenylene.
Keywords :
SCF calculations; ab initio calculations; density functional theory; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; electronic structure; mesh generation; nanostructured materials; polymers; FEAST eigenvalue solver; Kohn-Sham self-consistent equation; arbitrary atomic nanostructures; atomistic simulations; bottom-up computational framework; core potential; electronic structure calculations; first-principle all-electron calculations; first-principle simulations; large-scale ab-initio simulations; linear scalability; polyparaphenylene; real-space mesh modeling framework; scalable problems; traditional ab-initio modeling approaches;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2010 10th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7033-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9399
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2010.5697830