eprintid: 1462022 rev_number: 29 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/46/20/22 datestamp: 2015-02-13 20:13:58 lastmod: 2021-09-20 00:08:52 status_changed: 2015-02-13 20:13:58 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Arita, M creators_name: Bowler, DR creators_name: Miyazaki, T title: Stable and Efficient Linear Scaling First-Principles Molecular Dynamics for 10000+ Atoms ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F60 note: This document is the unedited Author’s version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ct500847y. abstract: The recent progress of linear-scaling or O(N) methods in density functional theory (DFT) is remarkable. Given this, we might expect that first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) simulations based on DFT could treat more realistic and complex systems using the O(N) technique. However, very few examples of O(N) FPMD simulations exist to date, and information on the accuracy and reliability of the simulations is very limited. In this paper, we show that efficient and robust O(N) FPMD simulations are now possible by the combination of the extended Lagrangian Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics method, which was recently proposed by Niklasson ( Phys. Rev. Lett. 2008 , 100 , 123004 ), and the density matrix method as an O(N) technique. Using our linear-scaling DFT code Conquest, we investigate the reliable calculation conditions for accurate O(N) FPMD and demonstrate that we are now able to do practical, reliable self-consistent FPMD simulations of a very large system containing 32768 atoms. date: 2014-12-09 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ct500847y vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: WoS-Lite elements_id: 1007606 doi: 10.1021/ct500847y lyricists_name: Bowler, David lyricists_name: Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi lyricists_id: DBOWL76 lyricists_id: TMIYA91 full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation volume: 10 number: 12 pagerange: 5419-5425 event_location: United States issn: 1549-9626 citation: Arita, M; Bowler, DR; Miyazaki, T; (2014) Stable and Efficient Linear Scaling First-Principles Molecular Dynamics for 10000+ Atoms. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation , 10 (12) pp. 5419-5425. 10.1021/ct500847y <https://doi.org/10.1021/ct500847y>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1462022/1/Bowler_1409.6085v2.pdf