Questions tagged [semi-empirical-method]
For questions about methods (typically in electronic structure theory) that use experimental parameters as part of their formulation
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Is it possible to get complex numbers as solutions for a secular determinant in simple Hückel method (SHM)?
Past semester we revisited the Hückel molecular orbital theory at class. One day I was trying to solve some problems with SymPy, a Python module that is a computer algebra system (CAS), and noticed ...
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State of the art in computational materials design
With the advent of more computational power than ever in the recent years, interest in in silico design of interesting compounds has grown as well. I am wondering about the state of the art for the ...
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Semi-empirical software for bands calculations
In Semiconductor Physics, one of the main parameters of interest is the band gap. It is known that, in DFT, there are functionals that underestimate it.
I came across the MOPAC program, a semi-...
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Where is the extended Hückel method (EHM) still used today?
The extended Hückel method (EHM) proved to be very useful through time, but there are better and affordable models today. One interesting thing about the model is the independence of the Hamiltonian ...
