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Parameterizing DFT+U+V from Hybrid Functionals: A Wannier-Function-Based Approach for Strongly Correlated Materials

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-02-25 v1

Abstract

We present an approach to parameterize DFT+UU+VV from hybrid-functional calculations using Wannier-function projections. The method constructs a common localized Wannier basis for both semilocal DFT and hybrid-functional calculations, then determines effective on-site (UU) and intersite (VV) Hubbard parameters by minimizing the Hamiltonian mismatch within the correlated subspace. This procedure yields interaction parameters that reproduce the hybrid-functional electronic structure at a fraction of the computational cost and allow efficient structural relaxations and further many-body calculations. We validate the workflow on three oxide systems with different electronic characters: MgO (wide-gap insulator), NiO (antiferromagnetic charge-transfer insulator), and V2_2O5_5 (d0^0 transition-metal oxide). In all cases, the mapped DFT+UU+VV parameters reproduce hybrid-functional band gaps, densities of states, and magnetic moments and improve upon semilocal DFT while maintaining computational efficiency.

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@article{arxiv.2602.20814,
  title  = {Parameterizing DFT+U+V from Hybrid Functionals: A Wannier-Function-Based Approach for Strongly Correlated Materials},
  author = {Dmitry M. Korotin and Anna A. Anisimova and Vladimir I. Anisimov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.20814},
  year   = {2026}
}
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