Tight-Binding parameters the Elements

The paper Applications of a new tight-binding total energy method for transition and noble metals: Elastic constants, vacancies, and surfaces of monatomic metals [Phys. Rev. B 54, 4519-30 (1996)], by Michael J. Mehl and Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos, demonstrates a method for obtaining tight-binding parameters which accurately reproduce the equations of state, elastic constants, vacancy formation energies, phonon frequencies, and surface energies for the elements highlighted in this periodic table. Check our parametrization notes and references for information on how to use these parameters.

We have determined tight-binding parameters for aluminum, gallium, indium, carbon, silicon, and lead. Note that for Carbon and Silicon there has been a slight change in the form of the overlap parameters.

There are now several programs available which allow you to use these parameters to determine total energies, electronic structure, and to do molecular dynamics. See the DoD-Parallel Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics Home Page.

Doing calculations of crystalline total energies with our tight-binding parameters? Pre-defined K-point meshes for several common lattices are now available.

NEW! The form of the tight-binding parameters has been changed slightly so that the parameters may be used with all of the DoD-Tight-Binding programs. The actual values of the parameters have not been changed. See the parametrization notes for more details.


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Periodic Table in Table Format


1A 2A 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B    8     1B 2B 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A NG

H                                                  He
Li Be                               B  C  N  O  F  Ne
Na Mg                               Al Si P  S  Cl Ar
K  Ca Sc Ti V  Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Rb Sr Y  Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I  Xe
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W  Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Fr Ra Ac Rf Ha

   *  La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
   ** Ac Th Pa U  Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr

These parameters were developed as part of the DoD-Parallel Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics program of the Common HPC Software Support Initiative (CHSSI).

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