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分子结的多组态对-密度泛函理论方法

A multiconfigurational pair-density functional theory approach to molecular junctions

Andrew M. Sand, Justin T. Malme, Erik P. Hoy

摘要:

由于其小尺寸和独特的性质,单分子电子学长期以来一直受到实验学家和理论家的研究兴趣。从理论的角度来看,由于电子相关性在确定分子性质中的重要性,使用电子结构理论对这些系统进行建模可能是困难的,并且考虑这种电子相关性可能在计算上是昂贵的,特别是多构型相关能。在这项工作中,我们开发了一种新的方法来研究单分子电子系统,表示NEGF-MCPDFT,它结合了多组态对密度泛函理论(MC-PDFT)和非平衡格林函数形式主义(NEGF)。与NEGF的MC-PDFT的使用允许在结的电子结构的描述中有效地包括静态和动态电子相关。CASSCF波函数在MC-PDFT计算中用作参考,并且与任何主动空间方法一样,必须努力确定要包括在主动空间中的适当轨道特征。我们进行了一系列的烷烃(主要是单构型字符)和苯炔(多构型字符)的电导和传输计算,探索的作用,积极的空间选择的计算结果。对于探索的烷烃结(其中动态电子相关占主导地位),MCPDFT-NEGF的结果与DFT-NEGF的结果吻合得很好。对于苯炔结(具有显着的静态相关性),我们看到MCPDFT-NEGF和DFT-NEGF结果的明显差异,以及NEGF-MCPDFT捕获超出PBE功能提供的额外电子相关效应的证据。

英文摘要:

Due to their small size and unique properties, single-molecule electronics have long seen research interest from experimentalists and theoreticians alike. From a theoretical standpoint, modeling these systems using electronic structure theory can be difficult due to the importance of electron correlation in the determination of molecular properties, and this electron correlation can be computationally expensive to consider, particularly multiconfigurational correlation energy. In this work, we develop a new approach for the study of single-molecule electronic systems, denoted NEGF-MCPDFT, which combines multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT) with the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism (NEGF). The use of MC-PDFT with NEGF allows for the efficient inclusion of both static and dynamic electron correlation in the description of the junction's electronic structure. CASSCF wave functions are used as references in the MC-PDFT calculation, and like with any active space method, effort must be made to determine the proper orbital character to include in the active space. We perform conductance and transmission calculations on a series of alkanes (predominantly single-configurational character) and benzyne (multiconfigurational character), exploring the role that active space selection has on the computed results. For the alkane junctions explored (where dynamic electron correlation dominates), the MCPDFT-NEGF results agree well with DFT-NEGF results. For the benzyne junction (which has significant static correlation), we see clear differences in the MCPDFT-NEGF and DFT-NEGF results, and evidence that NEGF-MCPDFT is capturing additional electron correlation effects beyond those provided by the PBE functional.

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