Self-interaction errors in density-functional calculations of electronic transport

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 14, 2005, Pages

  Toher, C ^a   Filippetti, A ^b   Sanvito, S ^a   Burke, Kieron ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVE DISCONTINUITY; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORTS; SELF-INTERACTION CORRECTIONS (SIC);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR DETECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 28844456517     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.146402     Document Type: Article

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