METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM CHEMICAL MODELLING OF MOLECULES UNDER NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS

摘要

The invention relates to a method an computer system for using extrapolation analysis to express an approximate self-consistent solution or a change in a self-consistent solution based on a change in the value of one or more external parameters, said self-consistent solution being used in a model of a system having at least two probes or electrodes, which model is based on an electronic structure calculation comprising a self-consistent determination of an effective one-electron potential energy function and/or an effective one-electron Hamiltonian. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: determining a first self-consistent solution to a selected function for a first value of a first external parameter by use of self-consistent loop calculation; determining a second self-consistent solution to the selected function for a second value of the first selected external parameter by use of self-consistent loop calculation, said second value of the first selected external parameter being different to the first value of the first selected external parameter; and expressing an approximate self-consistent solution or a change in the self-consistent solution for the selected function for at least one selected value of the first selected external parameter by use of extrapolation based on at least the determined first and second self-consistent solutions and the first and second values of the first selected external parameter.