Flexibility of the quasi-non-uniform exchange-correlation approximation

Levamaki, H. and Punkkinen, M. P. J. and Kokko, K. and Vitos, Levente (2014) Flexibility of the quasi-non-uniform exchange-correlation approximation. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 89 (11). ISSN 2469-9950

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Abstract

In our previous study [Phys. Rev. B 86, 201104 (2012)] we introduced the so called quasi-non-uniform gradient-level exchange-correlation approximation (QNA) and demonstrated it’s strength in producing highly accurate equilibrium volumes for metals and their alloys within the density-functional theory. In this paper we extend the scheme to include the accuracy of bulk modulus as an additional figure of merit and show that this scheme is flexible enough as to allow the computation of accurate equilibrium volumes and bulk moduli at the same time. The power and feasibility of this scheme is demonstrated on NiAl and FeV binary alloys.

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