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Is it possible to obtain the current-voltage characteristic for a crystal using the Hartree–Fock (or DFT) calculation?

In continuation of the question of obtaining an electrical conductivity tensor (ECT) from the “first characteristics”, will my following suggestion be correct? Since a crystal with an applied-to-it ...
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Can the electrical conductivity tensor of a crystal be obtained from a Hartree-Fock calculation?

Let’s assume that a crystal has been calculated by Hartree–Fock (HF) method (or DFT one), i.d., so to speak, the "first characteristics", which are eigenvalues and eigenvectors, as well as ...
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Meaning of Kronecker Product in Transport Theory behind BoltzTrap2

I am somewhat confused by the use of a Kronecker Product in Madsen, Georg K. H. et al. “BoltzTraP2, a program for interpolating band structures and calculating semi-classical transport coefficients.” ...
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Transiesta output through a single gold atom

I am looking for the electron transport study in a single gold atom, like the system of single carbon atom shown in transiesta paper by Nick Papior et al. Computer Physics Communications, 212, 8-24, (...
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Which factors affect electrical conductivity?

I am considering a material that exhibits metallic properties from the four probe measurements between 50-400K. Its electrical conductivity is about 15-20 S/cm and kept almost unchanged with ...
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Can deformation potential theory be applied to 2D and 1D systems?

I was pointed towards the use of the Deformation Potential (DP) theory to calculate the electron relaxation time in a previous question. However, I still have a doubt regarding its applicability to 2D ...
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How to implement a Weyl semimetal in tight binding? [closed]

I want to study electronic and thermal transport properties of a Weyl semimetal. Until now, I have used only the continuum model hamiltonian ($H=k⋅σ$). As the continuum model has several limitations, ...
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Are there tools to calculate the electrical conductivity of nanostructures

Are there any free to use tools which can be used to calculate the electrical conductivity of nanostructured materials. The systems that I am interested in consist of several thousand atoms, and ...
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Validity of estimating electron relaxation time using the smallest cross section of a structure

I am studying nano-scale constrictions in semiconductor materials. Imagine two nano-particles joined together by a single point of crystalline contact to look like an hour-glass filled with sand. ...
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Mobility and chemical potential

I have been studying the Boltztrap2 software to calculate the thermoelectric properties of materials. However when following the tutorial given, the Seebeck coefficient is plotted against ...
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How to evaluate the electron relaxation time of nanostructures computationally

I am working with Si nanowires using the SIESTA ab initio code and the BoltzTraP2 Boltzmann transport equation solver. However, the output of the BoltzTraP2 code comes per relaxation time (...
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Comments on the electronic relaxation time variation between nanowire configurations

I am studying Si nanowires with different cross sections. In my work, I plan to evaluate the thermoelectric performance variation between different configurations. To achieve this, my current approach ...
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Evaluating Seebeck coefficient using DFT

I am working with semiconductor materials using the SIESTA DFT package. I have tried the BoltzTraP2 software interface with SIESTA, however the results (Seebeck coefficient of MgO and Si) did not ...
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What is signified by the properties of the electronic band structure?

When considering the band structure of two materials or two structures along a specific k path, what exactly is meant by the gradient and the distance between band lines? Does this show any ...
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Single electron transfer periodic DFT in VASP [closed]

I have the following question: I am currently studying the electrocatalytic $\ce{CO2}$ reduction reaction (CO2RR) on $\ce{Cu}$ materials using periodic DFT calculations and I am using the ...
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Quantifying electronic overlap?

I am trying to understand how to quantify the electronic interaction/conduction/overlap between two metal cores at varying distances. As someone who works primarily with classical MD, and has less ...
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Theories for electronic transport calculations

Both software I know that do electronic transport calculations (TranSIESTA and QuantumATK) , use Non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. Are there other theoretical methods that can be used to ...
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