Assessing the Calculation of Exchange Coupling Constants and Spin Crossover Gaps Using the Approximate Projection Model to Improve Density Functional Calculations

23 September 2019, Version 3
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Abstract

This work evaluates the quality of exchange coupling constant and spin crossover gap calculations using density functional theory corrected by the Approximate Projection model. Results show that improvements using the Approximate Projection model range from modest to significant. This study demonstrates that, at least for the class of systems examined here, spin-projection generally improves the quality of density functional theory calculations of $J$-coupling constants and spin crossover gaps. Furthermore, it is shown that spin-projection can be important for both geometry optimization and energy evaluations. The Approximate Projection model provides an affordable and practical approach for effectively correcting spin-contamination errors in such calculations.

Keywords

Spin-Contamination
Spin-Projection
Approximate Projection
Transition metals
Spin Crossover Systems
exchange couplings J

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