Introduction to first-principles electronic structure methods: Application to actinide materials

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2979-2985

  Klepeis, John E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FIRST-PRINCIPLE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE METHOD; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION; LINEAR AUGMENTED PLANE WAVE; LINEAR MUFFIN-TIN ORBITAL; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHODS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 33846274180     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0371     Document Type: Review

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