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DFT(B3LYP, B3PW91) level calculations in conjunction with three different of basis sets have been used to investigate the variations in the bond lengths, dipole moment and rotational constants, IR frequencies, IR intensities and rotational…

A DFT study of the synthesized MAX phase Zr2SeC has been carried out for the first time to explore its physical properties for possible applications in many sectors. The studied properties are compared with prior known MAX phase Zr2SC. The…

We present an efficient computational approach to perform real-space electronic structure calculations using an adaptive higher-order finite-element discretization of Kohn-Sham density-functional theory (DFT). To this end, we develop an…

A first-principles study of small CdnSen Quantum Dots (QD) ('n' =6, 12, 13, and 33) has been performed for application to QD solar cell development. We separately assess the effects of the particle size and the passivating ligands upon the…

Stochastic density functional theory (sDFT) is becoming a valuable tool for studying ground state properties of extended materials. The computational complexity of describing the Kohn-Sham orbitals is replaced by introducing a set of random…

Density functional theory calculations have been performed on Indium nanoclusters (Inn, n= 3 to 10) to explore the relative stability among their different isomers and interaction with H2. Geometry optimizations starting from initial…

The thermochemistry of the carbon clusters C$_n$ (n=2--10) has been revisited by means of W4 theory and W3.2lite theory. Particularly the larger clusters exhibit very pronounced post-CCSD(T) correlation effects. Despite this, our best…

The accuracy of the energy landscape of silicon systems obtained from various density functional methods, a tight binding scheme and force fields is studied. Quantum Monte Carlo results serve as quasi exact reference values. In addition to…

A series of the lead chalcogenide clusters PbnXn (X=S,Se; n=4,8,16,32) with structures as fragments of the bulk crystalline lattice are calculated at DFT level with B3LYP functional and ECP basis set. Optical absorption spectra are…

We present state-of-the-art first-principle calculations of the electronic and optical properties of silicon allotropes with interesting characteristics for applications in thin-film solar cells. These new phases consist of distorted sp$^3$…

Using a computationally inexpensive frozen phonon approach we have developed a technique which can be used to screen large unit cell materials and systems for enhanced superconducting critical temperatures. The method requires only density…

Hydrogenation of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is critical for reducing defect densities, passivating mid-gap states and surfaces, and improving photoconductivity in silicon-based electro-optical devices. Modelling the atomic scale structure…

We study cluster formation in strongly deformed states for $^{28}$Si and $^{32}$S using a macroscopic-microscopic model. The study is based on calculated total-energy surfaces, which are the sums of deformation-dependent…

The structure of thiolate-protected gold cluster Au38(SR)24 has not been determined experimentally and the best available signature is its measured optical spectrum. Using this signature and energetic stability as criteria and SCH3 for SR,…

In this paper we show that 1-electron properties such as Compton profiles and structure factors of crystals can be asymptotically retrieved through cluster-based calculations, followed by an appropriate partition of the 1-electron reduced…

An \emph{ab initio} Langevin dynamics approach is developed based on stochastic density functional theory (sDFT) within a new \emph{embedded saturated } \emph{fragment }formalism, applicable to covalently bonded systems. The forces on the…

Multipole moments are the first order responses of the energy to spatial derivatives of the electric field strength. The quality of density functional theory (DFT) prediction of molecular multipole moments thus characterizes errors in…

We use energy minimization principles to predict the structure of a decagonal quasicrystal - d(AlCoNi) - in the Cobalt-rich phase. Monte Carlo methods are then used to explore configurations while relaxation and molecular dynamics are used…

Using a real-space high order finite-difference approach, we investigate the electronic structure of large spherical silicon nanoclusters. Within Kohn-Sham density functional theory and using pseudopotentials, we report the self-consistent…

We perform density functional theory (DFT) calculations of five solid phases and the liquid phase of tin. The calculations include cold curves of the five solid phases, phonon calculations in the quasi-harmonic approximation over a range of…