ABINIT: First-Time User Guide

09 Jun 2009 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Benjamin P Haley

This first-time user guide provides an introduction to using ABINIT on nanoHUB. We include a very brief summary of Density Functional Theory along with a tour of the Rappture interface. We discuss …

https://nanohub.org/resources/6874

Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 20: Quantum Monte Carlo, part I

15 May 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Elif Ertekin, Jeffrey C Grossman

This lecture provides and introduction to Quantum Monte Carlo methods. We review the concept of electron correlation and introduce Variational Monte Carlo methods as an approach to going beyond the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4564

Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 21: Quantum Monte Carlo, part II

15 May 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Jeffrey C Grossman, Elif Ertekin

This is our second lecture in a series on Quantum Monte Carlo methods. We describe the Diffusion Monte Carlo approach here, in which the approximation to the solution is not restricted by choice of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4566

Computational Nanoscience, Pop-Quiz

15 May 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Elif Ertekin, Jeffrey C Grossman

This quiz summarizes the most important concepts which have covered in class so far related to Molecular Dynamics, Classical Monte Carlo Methods, and Quantum Mechanical Methods.University of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4568

Computational Nanoscience, Pop-Quiz Solutions

15 May 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Elif Ertekin, Jeffrey C Grossman

The solutions to the pop-quiz are given in this handout.University of California, Berkeley

https://nanohub.org/resources/4570

Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 4: Geometry Optimization and Seeing What You're Doing

13 Feb 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Jeffrey C Grossman, Elif Ertekin

In this lecture, we discuss various methods for finding the ground state structure of a given system by minimizing its energy. Derivative and non-derivative methods are discussed, as well as the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4035