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First principles residual resistivity using locally self-consistent multiple scattering method

Materials Science 2023-11-22 v1

Abstract

The locally self-consistent multiple scattering (LSMS) method can perform efficient first-principles calculations of systems with large number of atoms. In this work, we combine the Kubo-Greenwood equation with LSMS, enabling us to calculate first-principles residual resistivity of large systems. This has been implemented in the open-source code lsms. We apply this method to selected pure elements and binary random alloys. The results compare well with experiment, and with values obtained from a first-principles effective medium technique (KKR-CPA). We discuss future applications of this method to complex systems where other methods are not applicable.

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@article{arxiv.2311.12134,
  title  = {First principles residual resistivity using locally self-consistent multiple scattering method},
  author = {Vishnu Raghuraman and Markus Eisenbach and Michael Widom and Yang Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.12134},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages, 5 figures

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