KuangChung Wang

Ab-initio enabled TMD calculations

PROBLEM:

  • Shortcoming of tight binding(TB): non-transferable parameter sets
  • Shortcoming of DFT: High numerical load

OBJECTIVE:

  • Numerically efficient support of Ab-initio representation in NEMO5
  • APPROACH:

    • VASP and Wannier90: Hamiltonian in Maximally Localized Wannier Functions(MLWF)
    • Hamiltonian and MLWF input to NEMO5/li>

    RESULT/IMPACT:

    • Agreement of NEMO5 dispersion with DFT.
    • Numerical load comparable to regular TB
    • MLWF basis compatible with all NEMO5 transport features (e.g. scattered quantum transport)