Quantum Chemistry of Solids

This updated second edition of the basic theoretical book on low dimensional systems and nanostructures delivers a comprehensive survey of the main features of LCAO methods for first principle calculations of the electronic structure of periodic systems.

Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehensive account of the main features and possibilities of LCAO methods for the first principles calculations of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO methods applied to periodic systems and the use of Hartree-Fock(HF), Density Function theory(DFT) and hybrid Hamiltonians. The translation and site symmetry consideration is included to establish connection between k-space solid state physics and real-space quantum chemistry. The inclusion of electron correlation effects for periodic systems is considered on the basis of localized crystalline orbitals. The possibilities of LCAO methods for chemical bonding analysis in periodic systems are discussed.
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).

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

Autorentext
Head of Department of Quantum Chemistry (from 1995), Professor (from 1980), Full Member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (from1992), Merited Scientist of Russian Federation (from 1998), Humboldt Foundation Awardee (from1998 ),
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

Inhalt
Space Groups and Crystalline Structures.- Symmetry and Localization of Crystalline Orbitals.- HartreeFock LCAO Method for Periodic Systems.- Electron Correlations in Molecules and Crystals.- Semi-empirical LCAO Methods for Molecules and Periodic Systems.- KohnSham LCAO Method for Periodic Systems.- Basis Sets and Pseudopotentials in Periodic LCAO Calculations.- LCAO Calculations of Perfect-Crystal Properties.- Modeling and LCAO Calculations of Point Defects in Crystals.- Surface Modeling in LCAO Calculations of Metal Oxides.- LCAO Calculations on Uranium Nitrides and Oxides.- Symmetry and Modeling of BN, TiO2 and SrTiO3 Nanotubes.