The Slater-Koster tight-binding method: A computationally efficient and accurate approach

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Papaconstantopoulos, D A ^a   Mehl, M J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; HAMILTONIANS; INTERPOLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

DENSITY OF STATES (DOS);

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037454188     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/10/201     Document Type: Review

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