Quantum-informed simulations for mechanics of materials: DFTB+MBD framework

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Autores principales: Shen, Zhaoxiang, Sosa, Raúl I., Bordas, Stéphane P. A., Tkatchenko, Alexandre, Lengiewicz, Jakub
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author Shen, Zhaoxiang
Sosa, Raúl I.
Bordas, Stéphane P. A.
Tkatchenko, Alexandre
Lengiewicz, Jakub
author_facet Shen, Zhaoxiang
Sosa, Raúl I.
Bordas, Stéphane P. A.
Tkatchenko, Alexandre
Lengiewicz, Jakub
contents The macroscopic behaviors of materials are determined by interactions that occur at multiple lengths and time scales. Depending on the application, describing, predicting, and understanding these behaviors require models that rely on insights from electronic and atomic scales. In such cases, classical simplified approximations at those scales are insufficient, and quantum-based modeling is required. In this paper, we study how quantum effects can modify the mechanical properties of systems relevant to materials engineering. We base our study on a high-fidelity modeling framework that combines two computationally efficient models rooted in quantum first principles: Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) and many-body dispersion (MBD). The MBD model is applied to accurately describe non-covalent van der Waals interactions. Through various benchmark applications, we demonstrate the capabilities of this framework and the limitations of simplified modeling. We provide an open-source repository containing all codes, datasets, and examples presented in this work. This repository serves as a practical toolkit that we hope will support the development of future research in effective large-scale and multiscale modeling with quantum-mechanical fidelity.
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spellingShingle Quantum-informed simulations for mechanics of materials: DFTB+MBD framework
Shen, Zhaoxiang
Sosa, Raúl I.
Bordas, Stéphane P. A.
Tkatchenko, Alexandre
Lengiewicz, Jakub
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Computational Physics
Quantum Physics
The macroscopic behaviors of materials are determined by interactions that occur at multiple lengths and time scales. Depending on the application, describing, predicting, and understanding these behaviors require models that rely on insights from electronic and atomic scales. In such cases, classical simplified approximations at those scales are insufficient, and quantum-based modeling is required. In this paper, we study how quantum effects can modify the mechanical properties of systems relevant to materials engineering. We base our study on a high-fidelity modeling framework that combines two computationally efficient models rooted in quantum first principles: Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) and many-body dispersion (MBD). The MBD model is applied to accurately describe non-covalent van der Waals interactions. Through various benchmark applications, we demonstrate the capabilities of this framework and the limitations of simplified modeling. We provide an open-source repository containing all codes, datasets, and examples presented in this work. This repository serves as a practical toolkit that we hope will support the development of future research in effective large-scale and multiscale modeling with quantum-mechanical fidelity.
title Quantum-informed simulations for mechanics of materials: DFTB+MBD framework
topic Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Computational Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04216