title: SCC-DFTB: what is the proper degree of self-consistency?
abstract: The approximate SCC-DFTB method (Elstner, M.; Porezag, D.; Jungnickel, G.; Elsner, J.; Haugk, M.; Frauenheim, Th.; Suhai, S.; Seifert, G. Phys. Rev. B 1998, 58, 7260) is derived from DFT by a second-order expansion of the total energy expression. In this article, basic approximations and assumptions underlying the DFTB method are discussed in detail, and further extensions to include third-order terms are proposed. Further, the SCC-DFTB and semiempirical NDDO formalisms are compared to elucidate similarities and differences.
authors.affiliation: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elstner
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004583:Electrons; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals