Overview
- Basic theoretical book or low dimensional systems and nanostructures (surfaces, nanotubes, point defects)
- Explains the efficiency of scalar-relativistic LCAO method for solids
- Describes phase transitions in solids
- Discusses the formalism of line symmetry groups for one-periodic (1D) nanostructures
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 153)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theory
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Front Matter
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Applications
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The second part deals with the applications of LCAO methods for calculations of bulk crystal properties, including magnetic ordering and crystal structure optimization. In the second edition two new chapters are added in the application part II of the book.
 Chapter 12 deals with the recent LCAO calculations and illustrates the efficiency of the scalar-relativistic LCAO method for solids, containing heavy atoms. Chapter 13 deals with the symmetry properties and the recent applications of LCAO method to inorganic nanotubes.
New material is added to chapter 9 devoted to LCAO calculations of perfect-crystal properties. The possibilities of LCAO method for calculation of the high-frequency dielectric constants of crystals and the description of phase transitions in solids are discussed. The efficiency of LCAO method in the quantum-mechanics-molecular dynamics approach to the interpretation of x-ray absorption and EXAFS spectra is illustrated. A new section is devoted to recent LCAO calculations of electronic, vibrational and magnetic properties of tungstates MeWO4 (Me: Fe,Co,Ni,Cu,Zn,Cd).
Reviews
"Quantum chemistry of solids is a comparatively new branch of chemical physics developed at the border line between molecular quantum chemistry and solid state theory. Combination of experience developed in the quantum mechanics of molecules and translational symmetry typical for crystalline structures allows one to reach a new level of knowledge about advanced materials. This approach is typically based on a basis set of linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) and hence permits a detailed analysis of the chemical bonding between atoms in solids—unlike traditional basis set of plane waves commonly used in the band structure calculations. The author of the book under concern, Robert Evarestov, is one of pioneers in this new interdisciplinary area.
 Symmetry aspects of crystals and surfaces and their application to the two basic approaches used in first principles calculations of the atomic and electronic structure of solids —Hartree-Fock (HF) method and Density Functional Theory (DFT), as well as their hybrids, are discussed in detail in the first part of the book. The discussion of the cyclic models of solids which connect the molecular (cluster) models and periodic models taking into account translational symmetry of crystals is on advanced but nevertheless didactically very skillful level. The results on symmetry of nanotubes and line-groups in one-periodic systems refer to the present edge of materials science. The second part of the book contains numerous illustrations of the calculations of the electronic, magnetic and vibrational properties of crystals. Special attention is paid to a study of defects in solids. A new chapter was added in the second edition of the book dealing with the calculations of compounds with heavy elements, e.g. uranium nitride, based on use of the relativistic pseudopotentials.
The book offers an excellent choice of topics and sets out the fundamental issue very clearly. In every sentence it proves that the author isboth a brilliant scientist and brilliant lecturer. Â
The book is highly recommended for both students and experienced researchers working in solid state physics and chemistry as well as in the materials science area." (Prof. Dr J. Maier and Dr E. Kotomin, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany, July 17, 2013)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Foreign Member of Latvian Academy of Science (from 2004), Honoured Professor of St. Petersburg University (from 2008).Author of 260 publications in Russian and International scientific journals, including 7 monographs. Hirsch index 21
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Chemistry of Solids
Book Subtitle: LCAO Treatment of Crystals and Nanostructures
Authors: Robert A. Evarestov
Series Title: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30356-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30355-5Published: 18 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43041-1Published: 26 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30356-2Published: 19 January 2013
Series ISSN: 0171-1873
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4179
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVIII, 734
Additional Information: 2nd ed.
Topics: Solid State Physics, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Physical Chemistry, Crystallography and Scattering Methods