Density Functional Theory, 5 credits
Academic year 2022/2023
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Spring 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 20 March 2023
End date: 4 June 2023
Application deadline: 17 October 2022
Application code: UU-63032 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Uppsala
Selection: All qualified applicants will be admitted.
Registration: 6 March 2023 – 19 March 2023
Entry requirements: 120 credits and Introduction to Materials Science and Chemical Binding in Molecules and Materials. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 12,083
Tuition fee, total: SEK 12,083
About the course
In order to predict and understand the properties of materials in both qualitative and quantitative ways, one needs to have theories those can describe materials specific properties without any fitting parameters. Density functional theory (DFT) is such a first principles or ab initio theory. This course is aimed at both students within physics as well as chemistry to provide the basic ideas of DFT. The course will discuss the concepts behind density functional theory based on the book A Chemist's Guide to Density Functional Theory. The standard approximations used to calculate the materials properties will be discussed along with their success and failures.