Ab initio modelling of low-dimensional systems

In this thesis, theoretical electronic structure methods have been used to study systems of interest to materials science and engineering. The many-body problem of quantum mechanics has been reviewed, and it has been explained that the density functional theory (DFT) of Hohenberg, Kohn and Sham is a...

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Main Author: Hardcastle, Trevor Peter
Other Authors: Brydson, Rik
Published: University of Leeds 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617289