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A Wannier-function-based ab initio Hartree-Fock study of polyethylene

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

In the present letter, we report the extension of our Wannier-function-based ab initio Hartree-Fock approach---meant originally for three-dimensional crystalline insulators---to deal with quasi-one-dimensional periodic systems such as polymers. The system studied is all-transoid polyethylene, and results on optimized lattice parameters, cohesive energy and the band structure utilizing 6-31G** basis sets are presented. Our results are also shown to be in excellent agreement with those obtained with traditional Bloch-orbital-based approaches.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9807287,
  title  = {A Wannier-function-based ab initio Hartree-Fock study of polyethylene},
  author = {Alok Shukla and Michael Dolg and Hermann Stoll},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9807287},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 Pages, RevTex, inludes four figures, Chem. Phys. Letts., in press (1998)

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