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Publication Quasiatomic orbitals for ab initio tight-binding analysis(2008-12-16) Li, Ju; Qian, Xiaofeng; Qi, Liang; Wang, Cai-Zhuang; Chan, Tzu-Liang; Yao, Yong-Xin; Ho, Kai-Ming; Yip, SidneyWave functions obtained from plane-wave density-functional theory (DFT) calculations using norm-conserving pseudopotential, ultrasoft pseudopotential, or projector augmented-wave method are efficiently and robustly transformed into a set of spatially localized nonorthogonal quasiatomic orbitals (QOs) with pseudoangular momentum quantum numbers. We demonstrate that these minimal-basis orbitals can exactly reproduce all the electronic structure information below an energy threshold represented in the form of environment-dependent tight-binding Hamiltonian and overlap matrices. Band structure, density of states, and the Fermi surface are calculated from this real-space tight-binding representation for various extended systems (Si, SiC, Fe, and Mo) and compared with plane-wave DFT results. The Mulliken charge and bond order analyses are performed under QO basis set, which satisfy sum rules. The present work validates the general applicability of Slater and Koster's scheme of linear combinations of atomic orbitals and points to future ab initio tight-binding parametrizations and linear-scaling DFT development.Publication Near Neutrality of an Oxygen Molecule Adsorbed on a Pt(111) Surface(2008-10-03) Qi, Liang; Qiang, Xiaofeng; Li, JuThe charge state of paramagnetic or nonmagnetic O2 adsorbed on a Pt(111) surface is analyzed using density functional theory. We find no significant charge transfer between Pt and the two adsorbed molecular precursors, suggesting these oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) intermediates are nearly neutral, and changes in magnetic moment come from self adjustment of O2 spin-orbital occupations. Our findings support a greatly simplified model of electrocatalyzed ORR, and also point to more subtle pictures of adsorbates or impurities interacting with crystal than literal integer charge transfers.Publication Geometric and Electronic Structure of Graphene Bilayer Edges(2010-10-09) Feng, Ji; Qi, Liang; Li, Ju; Huang, Jian YuWe present a computational investigation of free-standing graphene bilayer edge (BLE) structures, aka “fractional nanotubes.” We demonstrate that these curved carbon nanostructures possess a number of interesting properties, electronic in origin. The BLEs, quite atypical of elemental carbon, have large permanent electric dipoles of 0.87 and 1.14 debye/Å for zigzag and armchair inclinations, respectively. An unusual, weak AA interlayer coupling leads to a twinned double-cone dispersion of the electronic states near the Dirac points. This entails a type of quantum Hall behavior markedly different from what has been observed in graphenebased materials, characterized by a magnetic field-dependent resonance in the Hall conductivity.