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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Tight-binding (TB) methods are essential for electronic structure calculations.
  • Slater-Koster (SK) parameters are vital for TB accuracy but require careful calibration.
  • ZnS and CdS are important semiconductor materials with diverse applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To calculate and calibrate Slater-Koster (SK) parameters for ZnS and CdS using sp(3)d(5) basis sets.
  • To ensure the transferability of these SK parameters across different crystal structures and length scales.
  • To enable efficient electronic structure calculations for large nanoclusters where ab initio methods are computationally prohibitive.

Main Methods:

  • Calculated SK parameters for cationic and anionic species of ZnS and CdS.
  • Adjusted SK parameters to match band structures from full potential linear augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) calculations.
  • Performed least-squares fitting of parameters as a function of near-neighbor distance for structural transferability.
  • Calculated electronic structures of small ZnS and CdS clusters using fitted parameters and compared with ab initio results.

Main Results:

  • Achieved good agreement between fitted SK parameter calculations and ab initio results for small clusters.
  • Demonstrated the transferability of SK parameters to different structural environments (zinc blende, wurtzite, rocksalt, CsCl).
  • Confirmed the validity of SK parameters for studying electronic structures across various length scales.

Conclusions:

  • The calibrated SK parameters are transferable and reliable for studying ZnS and CdS electronic structures.
  • This approach significantly reduces computational cost for large nanocluster simulations.
  • The study provides a robust method for parameterizing TB models in materials science.