Electronic Localization Problem

Let s consider the spherical referential electronic picture as the most useful in establishing the uniform electronic distribution by indicating the occupation of the all-possible electronic levels in a semiclassical quantum frame (without explicit exchange-correlation involvement). Actually, the Fermi sphere in a momentum space finely defines the total homogeneous kinetic energy as  

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From physical point of view worth noted that the kinetic TF energy exactly corresponds to the total energy of the free electrons in a crystal, F(r) = 0 in Eq. (5.215), equivalently with the fact that the electrons are not feeling the nuclei, i.e., electrostatic attractions are excluded, being as close each other to avoid reciprocal repelling. Such picture suggests that free electrons are completely non-localized leaving with the condition of complete cancellation of the electronic inter-repulsion this feature may be putted formally as Becke (1988)  

However, the model in which the (valence) electrons are completely free and are neither feeling the attraction nor the repulsion is certain not properly describing the nature of the chemical bond. In fact, this limitation was also the main objection brought to Thomas-Fermi model and to the atomic or molecular approximation of the homogeneous electronic gas or helium model in solids. Nevertheless, the lesson is well served because Thomas-Fermi description may be regarded as the inferior extreme in quantum known structures while further exchange-correlation effects may be added in a perturbation manner. 

A = 1 (in accordance with Pauli principle). Therefore, the overall interpola- 

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Formalizes the atomic structure and reactivity, i.e., the chemical atom, by the algebra of quantum states, eventually continued with Thomas-Fermi realization as the density functional theory precursor, along the modem approach of the electronic localization problem in terms of electronic density combinations ... 

In order to see how symmetry is broken in the electron localization problem, (for a discussion of the analogous polymer problem see Freed (1971b)), consider an averaged electron which is created at r at time zero and then propagates to r at t where it is annihilated. In the averaged system, the electron sets up a charge density in space which is obtained from... 

The total electron density contributed by all the electrons in any molecule is a property that can be visualized and it is possible to imagine an experiment in which it could be observed. It is when we try to break down this electron density into a contribution from each electron that problems arise. The methods employing hybrid orbitals or equivalent orbitals are useful in certain circumsfances such as in rationalizing properties of a localized part of fhe molecule. Flowever, fhe promotion of an electron from one orbifal fo anofher, in an electronic transition, or the complete removal of it, in an ionization process, both obey symmetry selection mles. For this reason the orbitals used to describe the difference befween eifher fwo electronic states of the molecule or an electronic state of the molecule and an electronic state of the positive ion must be MOs which belong to symmetry species of the point group to which the molecule belongs. Such orbitals are called symmetry orbitals and are the only type we shall consider here. 

Thereby the solution of the electronic-structure problem for an N-atomic system is decomposed into N locally self-consistent problems including only the M atoms in the LIZ associated with each atom in the system, and the computational effort now scales linearly with N, i.e. exhibits 0 N) scaling. 

In the Introduction the problem of construction of a theoretical model of the metal surface was briefly discussed. If a model that would permit the theoretical description of the chemisorption complex is to be constructed, one must decide which type of the theoretical description of the metal should be used. Two basic approaches exist in the theory of transition metals (48). The first one is based on the assumption that the d-elec-trons are localized either on atoms or in bonds (which is particularly attractive for the discussion of the surface problems). The other is the itinerant approach, based on the collective model of metals (which was particularly successful in explaining the bulk properties of metals). The choice between these two is not easy. Even in contemporary solid state literature the possibility of d-electron localization is still being discussed (49-51). Examples can be found in the literature that discuss the following problems high cohesion energy of transition metals (52), their crystallographic structure (53), magnetic moments of the constituent atoms in alloys (54), optical and photoemission properties (48, 49), and plasma oscillation losses (55). 

In this chapter we describe four rather different three-electron systems the it system ofthe allyl radical, the HeJ ionic molecule, the valence orbitals ofthe BeHmolecule, and the Li atom. In line with the intent of Chapter 4, these treatments are included to introduce the reader to systems that are more complicated than those of Chapters 2 and 3, but simple enough to give detailed illustrations of the methods of Chapter 5. In each case we will examine MCVB results as an example of localized orbital treatments and SCVB results as an example of delocalized treatments. Of course, for Li this distinction is obscured because there is only a single nucleus, but there are, nevertheless, noteworthy points to be made for that system. The reader should refer back to Chapter 4 for a specific discussion of the three-electron spin problem, but we will nevertheless use the general notation developed in Chapter 5 to describe the results because it is more efficient. 

In A.IV, when introducing the Mott-like transition between Pu and Am metals, we have discussed the localization problem as a function of the number of 5 f electrons. In the case... 

A physical approach to the electronic structure problems of solids contrasts sharply with the notion that local interactions dominate the structure and properties of molecular systems. Hence, it is very appealing to replace the infinite solid, which is difficult to treat quantum-chemically, by finite sites that can model considered species. Intuitively, cutouts from the bulk or the surface are made and treated like molecules. This type of method is called the cluster approach, and the models made as cutouts of the periodic structure are called cluster models [22]. 

As described in the previous section, experiments on LEE induced desorption of H-, O- and OH- from physisorbed DNA films, made it possible to demonstrate that the DEA mechanism is involved in the bond breaking process responsible for SB. The abundant H yield was assigned to the dissociation of temporary anions formed by the capture of the incident electron by the deoxyribose and/or the bases, whereas O production arose from temporary electron localization on the phosphate group [47], However, the source of OH- could not be determined unambiguously, and Pan et al. suggested that reactive scattering of O- may be involved in the release of OH [47], To resolve this problem, Pan and Sanche [58] investigated ESD of anions from SAM films of DNA. Their measurements allowed both the mechanism and site of OH- production to be determined. 

Disorder and correlation are often both present in a system. One then has the more difficult task of ascertaining which is the dominant electron localizing mechanism. As might be expected, the most useful experimental approaches to this problem involve... 

Methods for calculating collisions of an electron with an atom consist in expressing the many-electron amplitudes in terms of the states of a single electron in a fixed potential. In this chapter we summarise the solutions of the problem of an electron in different local, central potentials. We are interested in bound states and in unbound or scattering states. The one-electron scattering problem will serve as a model for formal scattering theory and for some of the methods used in many-body scattering problems. 

Mialocq has examined the formation of the solvated electron by UV photolysis of inorganic anions and neutral molecules like tryptophan in polar solvents and by the biphotonic photolysis of water. Problems of electron localization and solvation are analysed with reference to theoretical studies. 

Among the links to qualitative theory, the connection to the VSEPR theory has already been mentioned above. Another conceptually important field of application offered by geminal-based theories is the description of two-electronic fragments (inner shells, valence-shell two-center bonds, lone pairs, etc.) in a polyatomic system [113]. The inherent relation between the theory of geminals and the localization problem has been emphasized for a long time. Due to its importance this issue will be the focus of Sect. 5. 

The actual way by which an imposed potential bias distributes itself on the molecular bridge depends on the molecular response to this bias, and constitutes part of the electronic structure problem. Starting from the imbiased junction in Fig. 17.6(a) (shown in the local representation of a tight binding model similar to... 

The localization of electrons in a certain random lattice was pointed out by Anderson (1958). The localization problem in the one-dimensional random lattice has been discussed by several authors (Mott and Twose, 1961 Bell and Dean, 1970). It has been proved that the localization is caused by any small deviation of potentials at the lattice points in the onedimensional system of an infinite chain length (Gol shtein et al., 1977 Molchanov, 1978). This signifies that any one-dimensional systems will become insulators since one can not expect an actual substance free from infinitesimal deviation of the potentials. 

The LSGF method on the other hand is an order-IV method for calculation of the electronic system. It is based on a supercell (which may just be one unit cell) with periodic boundary conditions, see Fig.(4.5), and the concept of a Local Interaction Zone (LIZ), which is embedded in an effective medium, usually chosen to be the Coherent Potential Approximation medium (see next chapter). For each atom in the supercell, one uses the Dyson equation to solve the electronic structure problem as an impurity problem in the effective medium. The ASA is employed as well as the ASA+M correction described above. The total energy is defined to... 

B7In the discussion of the problem arising here the articles by Suslov (7 8) may be useful. He considered electron localization in the field of two incommensurate potentials. 

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