Molecular crystal structure prediction with evolutionary algorithm

The layout of the thesis is as follow: In Chapter 1, we present the theoretical background of DFT, Projector-Augmented-Wave (PAW) and Gauge-Including Projector-Augmented-Wave (GIPAW) methods. In Chapter 2, we introduce the crystal structure prediction problem and present evolutionary algorithms as one solution to perform crystal structure search for molecular crystals. Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 are dedicated to the detailed results when using evolutionary algorithm in crystal structure search for the studies of glycine and cholesterol respectively