Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4

The performance of six different density functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0, and WC1LYP) in describing the infrared spectrum of forsterite, a crystalline periodic system with orthorhombic unit cell (28 atoms in the primitive cell, Pbmn space group), is investigated by using the periodic ab i...

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Main Authors: De La Pierre, Marco, Orlando, R., Maschio, L., Doll, K., Ugliengo, P., Dovesi, R.
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Published: Wiley 2011
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author De La Pierre, Marco
Orlando, R.
Maschio, L.
Doll, K.
Ugliengo, P.
Dovesi, R.
author_facet De La Pierre, Marco
Orlando, R.
Maschio, L.
Doll, K.
Ugliengo, P.
Dovesi, R.
author_sort De La Pierre, Marco
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description The performance of six different density functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0, and WC1LYP) in describing the infrared spectrum of forsterite, a crystalline periodic system with orthorhombic unit cell (28 atoms in the primitive cell, Pbmn space group), is investigated by using the periodic ab initio CRYSTAL09 code and an all-electron Gaussian-type basis set. The transverse optical (TO) branches of the 35 IR active modes are evaluated at the equilibrium geometry together with the oscillator strengths and the high-frequency dielectric tensor 8. These quantities are essential to compute the dielectric function ϵ(ν), and then the reflectance spectrum R(v), which is compared with experiment. It turns out that hybrid functionals perform better than LDA and GGA, in general; that B3LYP overperforms WC1LYP and, in turn, PBE0; that PBESOL is better than PBE; that LDA is the worst performing functional among the six under study.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-175962019-02-19T05:34:59Z Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4 De La Pierre, Marco Orlando, R. Maschio, L. Doll, K. Ugliengo, P. Dovesi, R. reflectance spectrum dielectric properties density functional theory vibrational properties olivine forsterite ab initio IR frequencies simulation CRYSTAL code The performance of six different density functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0, and WC1LYP) in describing the infrared spectrum of forsterite, a crystalline periodic system with orthorhombic unit cell (28 atoms in the primitive cell, Pbmn space group), is investigated by using the periodic ab initio CRYSTAL09 code and an all-electron Gaussian-type basis set. The transverse optical (TO) branches of the 35 IR active modes are evaluated at the equilibrium geometry together with the oscillator strengths and the high-frequency dielectric tensor 8. These quantities are essential to compute the dielectric function ϵ(ν), and then the reflectance spectrum R(v), which is compared with experiment. It turns out that hybrid functionals perform better than LDA and GGA, in general; that B3LYP overperforms WC1LYP and, in turn, PBE0; that PBESOL is better than PBE; that LDA is the worst performing functional among the six under study. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17596 10.1002/jcc.21750 Wiley fulltext
spellingShingle reflectance spectrum
dielectric properties
density functional theory
vibrational properties
olivine forsterite
ab initio
IR frequencies
simulation
CRYSTAL code
De La Pierre, Marco
Orlando, R.
Maschio, L.
Doll, K.
Ugliengo, P.
Dovesi, R.
Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4
title Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4
title_full Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4
title_fullStr Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4
title_full_unstemmed Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4
title_short Performance of six functionals (LDA, PBE, PBESOL, B3LYP, PBE0 and WC1LYP) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. The case of forsterite Mg2SiO4
title_sort performance of six functionals (lda, pbe, pbesol, b3lyp, pbe0 and wc1lyp) in the simulation of vibrational and dielectric properties of crystalline compounds. the case of forsterite mg2sio4
topic reflectance spectrum
dielectric properties
density functional theory
vibrational properties
olivine forsterite
ab initio
IR frequencies
simulation
CRYSTAL code
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17596