Mikko Hakala
Doc., Dr. Tech.

University lecturer

Division of Materials Physics
Department of Physics
P.O.Box 64
00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND

E-mail: Mikko.O.Hakala(at)helsinki.fi
www-page: www.materials.physics.helsinki.fi (Department)
www-page: Laboratory of electronic structure
TUHAT database

 




* NEWS AND ACTUALITIES

  • Summer jobs 2013 in the lab.

  • Course starting: Solid State Physics I (53733), 10 ECTS cr, First lecture Wed 16.1. 14:15 in D106
  • Contraction of completeness-optimized basis sets: Application to ground-state electron momentum densities, S. Lehtola, P. Manninen, M. Hakala and K. Hämäläinen, accepted for publication in Journal of Chemical Physics (2013)

  • Completeness-optimized basis sets: Application to ground-state electron momentum densities, J. Lehtola, P. Manninen, M. Hakala and K. Hämäläinen, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 104105 (2012)

  • ERKALE (erkale.googlecode.com) A Flexible Program Package for X-ray Properties of Atoms and Molecules

  • J. Lehtola et al., "ERKALE - A Flexible Program Package for X-ray Properties of Atoms and Molecules", J. Comp. Chem., DOI: 10.1002/jcc.22987.

  • Archimedes 1/2012, s. 14: Molekyylitason rakennetutkimusta röntgenmenetelmin

  • Measurement of two solvation regimes in water-ethanol mixtures using x-ray Compton scattering
    by Juurinen, Nakahara, Ando, Nishiumi, Seta, Yoshida, Morinaga, Itou, Ninomiya, Salonen, Nordlund, Hämäläinen and Hakala,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197401 (2011)

  • Striving for the best possible accuracy in models,
    M. Hakala and J. Lehtola, interview, CSC News (1/2011) (In Finnish)


1. RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Structural, dynamical and spectroscopic properties of molecular systems by computer simulations
  • Development of ab initio and DFT methods for modeling inelastic x-ray scattering
  • Materials research combining synchrotron x-rays and simulations.
  •      - See our experiments at ESRF, SPring-8.
  • Electronic and structural properties of atomic-scale defects in solids

     1.A Publications (pdf, Web of Science)
     1.B Presentations (link)
     1.C Popularization of research
       - Archimedes 1/2012, s. 14: Molekyylitason rakennetutkimusta röntgenmenetelmin, M. Hakala
       - Striving for the best possible accuracy in models, M. Hakala and J. Lehtola, interview, CSC News (1/2011)
       - Kohti mahdollisimman tarkkoja malleja, M. Hakala and J. Lehtola, haastattelu, CSC News (1/2011)
       - Nestemäisten lineaaristen alkoholien rakenneanalyysi, M. Hakala and J. Lehtola, CSC ajankohtaista (17.05.2010)
       - Uutta tietoa veden lämpöominaisuuksista röntgensironnalla, M. Hakala and K. Nygård, CSC News (1/2008) and STT Press release (2007)
       - Synkrotronisäteily paljastaa aineen rakenteen, K. Hämäläinen and M. Hakala, Radio inteview in Finnish, YLE-radiaattori (2006)
    What is materials research using synchrotron x-rays? See ESRF in brief (YouTube).


2. TEACHING

Department of Physics

Department of Chemistry

Other


3. NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS

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3.1. Other useful links


4. RESEARCHER TRAINING

  • PhD level: supervision of 2 theses (ongoing)
  • MSc level: supervision of 3 theses (1 ongoing, 2006,2008, 2009)
  • Supervision of summer students (~1/year) and course assignments


5. LINKS TO IMPORTANT CONFERENCES


6. RECENT PUBLICATIONS

SOLID STATE:

Experimental and computational study of crystalline formic acid composed of the higher-energy conformer
by Hakala, Marushkevich, Khriachtchev, Hämäläinen and Räsänen, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 054506 (2011)

Amorphous defect clusters of pure Si and type inversion in Si detectors
by Holmström, Nordlund and Hakala, Phys. Rev. B 82, 104111 (2010)

Comparison of chain versus sheet crystal structures for the cyanides MCN (M=Cu-Au) and dicarbides MC2 (M=Be-Ba,Zn-Hg
by Zaleski-Ejgierd, Hakala and Pyyykkö, Phys. Rev. B 76, 094104 (2007)


MOLECULES AND MOLECULAR LIQUIDS:

Reexamining the Lyman-Birge-Hopfield band of N2
by Bradley, Sakko, Seidler, Rubio, Hakala, Hämäläinen, Cooper, Hitchcock, Schlimmer and Nagle,
Phys. Rev. A 84, 022510 (2011)

Inelastic X-ray scattering and vibrational effects at the K-edges of gaseous N2, N2O, and CO2
by Sakko, Galambosi, Inkinen, Pylkkänen, Hakala, Huotari and Hämäläinen,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 11678 (2011)

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Calculation of isotropic Compton profiles with Gaussian basis sets
by Lehtola, Hakala, Vaara and Hämäläinen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 5630-5641 (2011)
See also news at CSC (1/2011) (English version here)

Time-dependent density functional approach for the calculation of inelastic x-ray scattering spectra of molecules
by Sakko, Rubio, Hakala and Hämäläinen, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 174111 (2010)

Universal Signature of Hydrogen Bonding in the Oxygen K-edge Spectrum of Alcohols
by Pylkkänen, Lehtola, Hakala et al., J. Phys. Chem. B, 114 (41), pp 13076-13083 (2010)

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©2010 American Chemical Society

Structure of Liquid Linear Alcohols, J. Lehtola, M. Hakala and K. Hämäläinen, J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 6426-6436 (2010)
See also news at CSC

Charge localization in alcohol isomers studied by Compton scattering, M. Hakala, K. Nygård, J. Vaara, M. Itou, Y. Sakurai, and K. Hämäläinen, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 034506 (2009)

Density functional study of x-ray Raman scattering from aromatic hydrocarbons and polyfluorene,
by A. Sakko, M. Hakala, J. A. Soininen, and K. Hämäläinen, Phys. Rev. B 76, 205115 (2007)


GOLD PAPERS:

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©Royal Society of Chemistry

Development of a ReaxFF description for gold, T. T. Järvi, A. Kuronen, M. Hakala, K. Nordlund, A. C. T. van Duin, W. A. Goddard III, and T. Jacob, Eur. Phys. J. B 66 (1), 75-79 (2008)

Golden glue, Chemical Science, Issue 6 (2007)

Gold as intermolecular glue: a theoretical study of nanostrips based on quinoline-type monomers, Pekka Pyykkö, Mikko O. Hakala and Patryk Zaleski-Ejgierd, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9, 3025 (2007)

Gold as intermolecular glue: a predicted planar triaurotriazine, C3Au3N3, isomer of gold cyanide, Mikko O. Hakala and Pekka Pyykkö, Chem. Commun., 2006, 2890 - 2892


WATER AND ICE RESEARCH - AT MOLECULAR SCALE:

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Temperature Dependence of the Near-Edge Spectrum of Water
by Tuomas Pylkkänen, Arto Sakko, Mikko Hakala, Keijo Hämäläinen, Giulio Monaco, and Simo Huotari
J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 14544 (2011)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Parameters in Water Dimer by Pennanen, Lantto, Hakala and Vaara, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts (2010)

Role of Non-Hydrogen-Bonded Molecules in the Oxygen K-Edge Spectrum of Ice, T. Pylkkänen, V. M. Giordano, J.-C. Chervin, A. Sakko, M. Hakala, J. A. Soininen, K. Hämäläinen, G. Monaco, and S. Huotari, J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 3804-3808 (2010)

Configurational Energetics in Ice Ih Probed by Compton Scattering, K. Nygård, M. Hakala, S. Manninen, M. Itou, Y. Sakurai, and K. Hämäläinen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 197401 (2007)
- press release (Finnish)
- press release (Japanese)

Isotope quantum effects in the electron momentum density of water, K. Nygard, M. Hakala, T. Pylkkanen, S. Manninen, T. Buslaps, M. Itou, A. Andrejczuk, Y. Sakurai, M. Odelius, and K. Hämäläinen, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 154508 (2007)

Compton scattering study of water versus ice Ih: Intra- and intermolecular structure, K. Nygard, M. Hakala, S. Manninen, A. Andrejczuk, M. Itou, Y. Sakurai, S. Manninen, L. G. M. Pettersson, and K. Hämäläinen, Phys. Rev. E 74, 031503 (2006)

Correlation of hydrogen bond lengths and angles in liquid water based on Compton scattering, M. Hakala, K. Nygard, S. Manninen, S. Huotari, T. Buslaps, A. Nilsson, L. G. M. Pettersson, and K. Hämäläinen, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 084504 (2006)

Intra- and intermolecular effects in the Compton profile of water, M. Hakala, K. Nygard, S. Manninen, L. G. M. Pettersson, and K. Hämäläinen, Phys. Rev. B 73, 035432 (2006)

Compton profiles for water and mixed water-neon clusters: A measure of coordination, M. Hakala, S. Huotari, K. Hämäläinen, S. Manninen, Ph. Wernet, A. Nilsson, and L. G. M. Pettersson, Phys. Rev. B 70, 125413 (2004)


TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEMS:

Anomalous Energetics in Tetrahydrofuran Clathrate Hydrate Revealed by X-ray Compton Scattering by Lehmkühler, Sakko, Sternemann, Hakala et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2010)

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Univ. Helsinki, Univ. Dortmund

Electronic structure of methane hydrate studied by Compton scattering, C. Sternemann, S. Huotari, M. Hakala, M. Paulus, M. Volmer, C. Gutt, T. Buslaps, N. Hiraoka, D. D. Klug, K. Hämäläinen, M. Tolan, and J. S. Tse, Phys. Rev. B 73, 195104 (2006)

Ion hydration studied by x-ray Compton scattering, K. Nygard, M. Hakala, S. Manninen, K. Hämäläinen, M. Itou, A. Andrejczuk, and Y. Sakurai, Phys. Rev. B 73, 024208 (2006)


7. SELECTED OLDER PUBLICATIONS

Native defects and self-diffusion in GaSb, M. Hakala, M. J. Puska, and R. M. Nieminen, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 4988 (2002)

First-principles calculations of interstitial boron in silicon, M. Hakala, M. J. Puska, and R. M. Nieminen, Phys. Rev. B 61, 8155 (2000)

Momentum distributions of electron-positron pairs annihilating at vacancy clusters in Si, M. Hakala, M. J. Puska, and R. M. Nieminen, Phys. Rev. B 57, 7621 (1998)

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