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• 5.7 Ranking Klimeck: Homework Exercise on Quantum Dot ...

  Homework Exercise on Quantum Dot Spectra, Absorption, and State Symmetry

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  Contributor(s)	Gerhard Klimeck
  Date	30 Mar. 2008
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  The tutorial questions based on the Quantum Dot Lab v1.0 available online at Quantum Dot Lab. Students are asked to explore the various different quantum dot shapes, optimize the intra-band absorption through geometry variations, and the concepts of state symmetry and eigenstates. NCN@Purdue

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  Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 13: Introduction to Computational Quantum Mechanics

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  Contributor(s)	Jeffrey Grossman, Elif Ertekin
  Date	05 May. 2008
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  In this lecture we introduce the basic concepts that will be needed as we explore simulation approaches that describe the electronic structure of a system.

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  Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 18.5: A Little More, and Lots of Repetition, on Solids

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  Contributor(s)	Jeffrey Grossman, Elif Ertekin
  Date	05 May. 2008
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  Here we go over again some of the basics that one needs to know and understand in order to carry out electronic structure, atomic-scale calculations of solids.

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  Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 19: Band Structure and Some In-Class Simulation: DFT for Solids

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  Contributor(s)	Jeffrey Grossman, Elif Ertekin
  Date	05 May. 2008
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  In this class we briefly review band structures and then spend most of our class on in-class simulations. Here we use the DFT for molecules and solids (Siesta) course toolkit. We cover a variety of solids, optimizing structures, testing k-point convergence, computing cohesive energies, and ...