Benchmarking DFT surface energies with quantum Monte Carlo
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Benchmarking DFT surface energies with quantum Monte Carlo S. J. Binnie abc; E. Sola ad; D. Alfè d; M. J. Gillan abc a Materials Simulation Laboratory, University College London, London, UK b Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK c London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London, UK d Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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