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Density Functional Methods and Applications to Materials Problems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
Density functional theory provides a first-principles approach for computing the geometric and electronic structures, and a wealth of corresponding properties, of a wide range of materials types and compositions, including bulk solids, surfaces, defects and clusters of molecules. Parallel advances in hardware performance, implementation strategies and algorithms have all contributed to a rapid growth in the number of important applications. Recent developments under each of these themes are outlined and the breadth of current applications is illustrated by typical examples. Issues associated with the implementation and performance of density functional methods on parallel computer architectures are discussed.
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