An adaptive genetic algorithm for crystal structure prediction

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wu, S Q ^a,b   Ji, M ^b   Wang, C Z ^b   Nguyen, M C ^b   Zhao, X ^b   Umemoto, K ^b,c   Wentzcovitch, R M ^c   Ho, K M ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHMS; CLASSICAL POTENTIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE PREDICTION; FIRST PRINCIPLES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION; TERNARY INTERMETALLIC COMPOUND; UNIT CELLS;

SILICATES;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84892181156     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/3/035402     Document Type: Article

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