scholarly journals Kinetic energy density for orbital-free density functional calculations by axiomatic approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (12) ◽  
pp. e25373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahhad H. Alharbi ◽  
Sabre Kais
Author(s):  
Vittoria Urso

The development of novel Kinetic Energy (KE) functionals is an important topic in density functional theory (DFT). In particular, this happens by means of an analysis with newly developed benchmark sets. Here, I present a study of Laplacian-level kinetic energy functionals applied to metallic nanosystems. The nanoparticles are modeled using jellium sph eres of different sizes, background densities, and number of electrons. The ability of different functionals to reproduce the correct kinetic energy density and potential of various nanoparticles is investigated and analyzed in terms of semilocal descriptors. Most semilocal KE functionals are based on modifications of the second-order gradient expansion GE2 or GE4. I find that the Laplacian contribute is fundamental for the description of the energy and the potential of nanoparticles.


1999 ◽  
Vol 60 (24) ◽  
pp. 16350-16358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Alexander Wang ◽  
Niranjan Govind ◽  
Emily A. Carter

2018 ◽  
Vol 149 (14) ◽  
pp. 144105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Tran ◽  
Péter Kovács ◽  
Leila Kalantari ◽  
Georg K. H. Madsen ◽  
Peter Blaha

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