<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear Sunghwan, <br></div>I have not used the code on systems with the characteristics you describe. This is my guess: As far as the ground state of your quantum dot converges without a smearing the turboTDDFT code can be used and will be stable. While the independent electron polarizability of a 0 gap system diverges for \omega-->0, the Hartree part in the TDDFT kernel will increase the value of the gap and/or will "push" the oscillator strength to higher energies. <br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>Dario<br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:37 PM, SungHwan Choi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sunghwanchoi91@gmail.com" target="_blank">sunghwanchoi91@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div>I am checking whether turboTDDFT program is suitable for my project. My project is to calculate absorption spectrum of metallic quantum dot. I have two questions.</div><div><br></div><div>1) From other post, I read the fact that turboTDDFT cannot calculate a metallic system. Here, how do we define metallic system? just system that have no band gap? then for small metallic quantum dot can be a non-metallic system since it has small band gap (0.1~0.5eV). case that fractional occupation does not happen? then, we can control the occupation parameter not to make fractional occupation. </div><div><br></div><div>2) A metallic quantum dot has a size-dependency for band gap. Thus, if size become larger, then band gap become narrow. When turboTDDFT failed to predict an absorption spectrum? and do you know a numerical trend of artifact, which come from low band gap?</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, does this limit come from algorithm or implementation of turboTDDFT? As far as I understood there is no limit of algorithm itself. I think there is some practical issues on there. Would you tell me where some troubles come up?</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely</div><div>Sunghwan Choi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>========================================</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Sunghwan Choi</div><div>Ph.D candidate</div><div>Computational Quantum Molecular Science Lab</div><div>Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Republic of Korea</div><div><br></div></font></span></div>
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