Implementation and Validation of Fully Relativistic GW Calculations: Spin-Orbit Coupling in Molecules, Nanocrystals, and Solids

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3523-3544

  Scherpelz, Peter ^a   Govoni, Marco ^a,b   Hamada, Ikutaro ^c   Galli, Giulia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84981554846     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00114     Document Type: Article

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