Determination of ab initio polarizabilities of polymers: Application to polyethylene and polysilane

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Abstract

An ab initio method for calculating the longitudinal linear polarizability of polymeric chains is described. This method is equivalent to an uncoupled Hartree–Fock scheme. It is applied to polyethylene and polysilane in minimal STO‐3G and extended 4‐31G basis sets. The study describes important techniques for solving the difficulties met in actual calculations: band reordering of the band structures, calculation of analytical derivatives of the energy bands ϵ n (k) and LCAO coefficients c np (k), and errors caused by the improper lattice sum truncations of the Hartree–Fock matrix.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1009-1024
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Journal of Quantum Chemistry
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1992

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