Density functional theory and its applications in nanoscience, FYSM540, Fall 2008

General info

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Pdf-slides of Hannu's lecture 8.12. (20 MB) here
The "ultimate jellium" electron-gas cluster paper by Koskinen, Lipas, Manninen here
Videos (avi-format, at least MediaPlayer Classic and VLC should work):
Au11-CO-oxidation.avi Credit: Olga Lopez-Acevedo
Au14-2D3D-liquid.avi Credit: Pekka Koskinen
Au14-2D3D-liquid-fast.avi Credit: Pekka Koskinen
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Pdf-slides of Karoliina's lecture 1.12. here

Course project and "oral exam": Instructions & topics here

Some pre-course reading:
Overview by von Barth
Review by Perdew and Kurth
Feature article by Baerends and Gritsenko
GGA review by Perdew, Burke and Wang
TDDFT review by Gross, Dobson, Petersilka

Lecture notes

Problem set 1
Problem set 2
Problem set 3
Problem set 4