Embedding potential

Crampin S, van Hoof J BAN, Nekovee M and Inglesfield J E 1992 Full-potential embedding for surfaces and interfaces J. Phys. Condens Matter4 1475... 

Converting Heat to Work. There has been a historic bias in the chemical industry to think of energy use in terms of fuel and steam (qv) systems. A more fundamental approach is to minimise the input of work potential embedded in the fuel and feedstock, as well as work purchased direcdy as electricity. Steam is really just a medium of exchange, like money in an economy. 

This constitutes a critical portion of the embedding scheme, leading to what may be called Potential Embedding. The prime in the summation denotes exclusion of the cluster atoms. The external densities are obtained by LDA atomic calculations. To avoid the spurious migration of the cluster electrons towards the external atoms, the attractive potential of the latter is truncated at a certain value, to simulate the Pauli exclusion principle. Typical truncation is at -0.2 hartrees relative to the Fermi energy Ep, with a range of 2.2 — 2.5 a.u. from each atomic nucleus. 

Relativistic Ab Initio Model Potential embedded cluster calculations on the structure and spectroscopy of local defects created by actinide impurity ions in solid hosts are the focus of attention here. They are molecular like calculations which include host embedding effects and electron correlation effects, but also scalar and spin-orbit coupling relativistic effects, all of them compulsory for a detailed understanding of the large manifolds of states of the 5f" the 5f" 6d configurations. The results are aimed at showing the potentiality of Relativistic Quantum Chemistry as a tool for prediction and interpretation in the field of solids doped with heavy element impurities. 

Key words Generalized product function - Group function - Ab initio model potentials - Embedding -Spectator groups... 

In the case of localized states related to the dopants—including transition-metal (TM) and rare-earth (RE) ions—the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the local energetic stmcture and electronic transitions is simulated by the reduction of the size of the cluster, which includes the dopant ion and the ligands. The influence of pressure on the energetic stmcture of the TM and RE ions can be simulated using crystal-field phenomenological model calculations [10-12]. However, a more advanced approach, i.e., ah initio model potential embedded-cluster method, also has been used [13]. 

Combined approach quantum mechanics (cluster) - interatomic potential (embedding lattice)... 

A first step towards a systematic improvement over DFT in a local region is the method of Aberenkov et al [189]. who calculated a correlated wavefiinction embedded in a DFT host. However, this is achieved using an analytic embedding potential fiinction fitted to DFT results on an indented crystal. One must be cautious using a bare indented crystal to represent the surroundings, since the density at the surface of the indented crystal will have inappropriate Friedel oscillations inside and decay behaviour at the indented surface not present in the real crystal. 

Meng J, Pandey R, Vail J M and Kunz A B 1989 Impurity potentials derived from embedded quantum olusters Ag" and Cu" transport In alkali halides J. Phys. Condens Matter 1 6049-58... 

Lutsko J F ef a/1989 Molecular-dynamic study of lattice-defect-nucleated melting in metals using an embedded-atom-method potential Phys. Rev. B 40 2841... 

In light of tire tlieory presented above one can understand tliat tire rate of energy delivery to an acceptor site will be modified tlirough tire influence of nuclear motions on tire mutual orientations and distances between donors and acceptors. One aspect is tire fact tliat ultrafast excitation of tire donor pool can lead to collective motion in tire excited donor wavepacket on tire potential surface of tire excited electronic state. Anotlier type of collective nuclear motion, which can also contribute to such observations, relates to tire low-frequency vibrations of tire matrix stmcture in which tire chromophores are embedded, as for example a protein backbone. In tire latter case tire matrix vibration effectively causes a collective motion of tire chromophores togetlier, witliout direct involvement on tire wavepacket motions of individual cliromophores. For all such reasons, nuclear motions cannot in general be neglected. In tliis connection it is notable tliat observations in protein complexes of low-frequency modes in tlie... 

The first point to remark is that methods that are to be incorporated in MD, and thus require frequent updates, must be both accurate and efficient. It is likely that only semi-empirical and density functional (DFT) methods are suitable for embedding. Semi-empirical methods include MO (molecular orbital) [90] and valence-bond methods [89], both being dependent on suitable parametrizations that can be validated by high-level ab initio QM. The quality of DFT has improved recently by refinements of the exchange density functional to such an extent that its accuracy rivals that of the best ab initio calculations [91]. DFT is quite suitable for embedding into a classical environment [92]. Therefore DFT is expected to have the best potential for future incorporation in embedded QM/MD. 

An extended discussion on embedded-atom potentials necessary for MD calculations can also be found (49). 

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As an example, a tank farm that is to be cathodically protected by this method is shown schematically in Fig. 11-4. As can be seen in the figure, injection of the protection current occurs with two current circuits of a total of about 9 A, via 16 vertically installed high-silicon iron anodes embedded in coke. These are distributed over several locations in the tank farm to achieve an approximately uniform potential drop. The details of the transformer-rectifier as well as the individual anode currents are included in Fig. 11-4. Anodes 4, 5 and 6 have been placed at areas where corrosion damage previously occurred. Since off potentials for 7/ -free potential measurements cannot be used, external measuring probes should be installed for accurate assessment (see Section 3.3.3.2 and Chapter 12). 

Drainage tests and initial measurements should not be made before 28 days have elapsed after the anodes are embedded in the artificial concrete system in order to allow the hydration of the concrete and to ensure moisture equilibrium, which can affect the potentials. The protection current density is limited to 20 mA ra"-(at the steel surface) to avoid possible reduction in the steel-concrete bond. Usual current densities lie in the range 1 to 15 mA 129-33]. 

The electrostatic free energy of a macromolecule embedded in a membrane in the presence of a membrane potential V can be expressed as the sum of three separate terms involving the capacitance C of the system, the reaction field Orffr), and the membrane potential field p(r) [73],... 

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