Ab initio electron-structure calculations on the Nb/Ta multilayer system

Ab-initio electron transport calculations of carbon based string structures.

First-principles calculations show that monatomic strings of carbon have high cohesive energy and axial strength, and exhibit stability even at high temperatures. Because of their flexibility and reactivity, carbon chains are suitable for structural and chemical functionalizations; they also form stable ring, helix, grid, and network structures. Analysis of electronic conductance of various inf...

Ab Initio Calculations on Some C3SiH4 Isomers

Amino acids interacting with defected carbon nanotubes: ab initio calculations

The adsorption of a number of amino acids on a defected single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) isinvestigated by using the density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. The adsorption energies andequilibrium distances are calculated for various configurations such as amino acid attaching to defectsites heptagon, pentagon and hexagon in defective tube and also for several molecular orientationswi...

Fe encapsulation by silicon clusters: Ab initio electronic structure calculations

Ab initio electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory are performed for SinFe clusters to determine stable structures. Our results show that these clusters can form the building block for Feencapsulated Si-nanotubes. The Si10Fe and Si12Fe clusters are found to be very stable, exhibiting large charge transfer, and can lead to Si-based nanotubes of the types Si5nFen21 and...

Electronic structure and excitations in oligoacenes from ab initio calculations.

Oligoacenes C(4n+2)H(2n+4) (n=2,...,6) are studied using a variety of ab initio methods. Density functional theory (DFT) optimized geometries were in good agreement with experiment. Vertical and adiabatic ionization potentials and electron affinities were computed with DFT and it was found that standard exchange-correlation (xc) functionals underestimate ionization potentials in oligoacenes. Po...