Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption

We implement a flexible Z-matrix approach in the density functional theory (DFT) periodic boundary conditions code, SIESTA. This allows a mixture of Z-matrix and Cartesian coordinates to be used for geometry specification and optimisation. In addition, geometry constraints in the form of fixed coord...

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Main Authors: Hoft, R., Gale, Julian, Ford, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2006
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Gale, Julian
Ford, M.
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description We implement a flexible Z-matrix approach in the density functional theory (DFT) periodic boundary conditions code, SIESTA. This allows a mixture of Z-matrix and Cartesian coordinates to be used for geometry specification and optimisation. In addition, geometry constraints in the form of fixed coordinates and fixed linear relationships between coordinates can be specified. A Z-matrix approach in condensed phase calculations can be advantageous, for example in studying molecular adsorption onto a surface, both in terms of flexibility and efficiency.We demonstrate our implementation for the case of thiol adsorption on the Au(111) surface.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-37672019-02-19T04:26:07Z Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption Hoft, R. Gale, Julian Ford, M. Internal coordinates Thiol adsorption Electronic structure calculations Geometry optimisation We implement a flexible Z-matrix approach in the density functional theory (DFT) periodic boundary conditions code, SIESTA. This allows a mixture of Z-matrix and Cartesian coordinates to be used for geometry specification and optimisation. In addition, geometry constraints in the form of fixed coordinates and fixed linear relationships between coordinates can be specified. A Z-matrix approach in condensed phase calculations can be advantageous, for example in studying molecular adsorption onto a surface, both in terms of flexibility and efficiency.We demonstrate our implementation for the case of thiol adsorption on the Au(111) surface. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3767 http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/08927020600900337 Taylor & Francis Ltd fulltext
spellingShingle Internal coordinates
Thiol adsorption
Electronic structure calculations
Geometry optimisation
Hoft, R.
Gale, Julian
Ford, M.
Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption
title Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption
title_full Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption
title_fullStr Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption
title_full_unstemmed Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption
title_short Implementation of a Z-matrix approach within the SIESTA periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption
title_sort implementation of a z-matrix approach within the siesta periodic boudnary conditions code and its application to surface adsorption
topic Internal coordinates
Thiol adsorption
Electronic structure calculations
Geometry optimisation
url http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/08927020600900337
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3767