Automatized Relativistic Parametrization of the DFTB Method
H. Witek
The Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Vendredi 16 Octobre 2015, 14h00
Bibiothèque du LCT, tour 12-13, 4ème étage
Density-functional tight-binding (DFTB) method is a robust, semi-empirical technique of quantum chemistry and solid state physics applicable to large molecular and periodic systems. In my talk, I review the mathematical formalism of the method and present the automatized scheme of its parameterization, which has been developed in our group. The parameterization scheme is based on numerical solutions to the atomic Dirac-Kohn-Sham problem and on the particle swarm optimization (PSO) approach.
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