Full configuration interaction study of the metal-insulator transition in model systems: LiN linear chains (N=2,4,6,8)

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Vetere, Valentina ^a   Monari, Antonio ^b   Bendazzoli, Gian Luigi ^b   Evangelisti, Stefano ^a   Paulus, Beate ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LITHIUM; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES;

AB INITIO; FULL CONFIGURATION INTERACTION (FCI); LINEAR CHAINS; LITHIUM ATOMS; METAL-INSULATOR (M-I) TRANSITION; MODEL SYSTEMS;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 46149118465     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2822286     Document Type: Article

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