Related papers: On the reliability of linear band structure method…
We present excited states density functional theory (DFT) to calculate band gap for semiconductors and insulators. For the excited states exchange-correlation functional, we use a simple local density approximation (LDA) like functional and…
Multiorbital models are important to both the correlation physics and topological behavior of quantum materials. LiFeAs is a prototype iron pnictide suitable for indepth investigation of this issue. Its electronic structure is strikingly…
Derivation of low-energy effective models by a partial trace summation of the electronic degrees of freedom far away from the Fermi level, called downfolding, is reexamined. We propose an improved formalism free from the double-counting of…
In this paper we analyze the band-structure of two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskites by considering structures related to the simpler case of the series, (BA)$_2$PbI$_4$, in which PbI$_4$ layers are intercalated with butylammonium…
SrTiO3 has attracted considerable interest as a wide-band gap semiconductor for advanced high-k capacitors and photocatalytic applications. Although previous angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies have characterized the…
We present a novel technique for enhancing Fermi surface (FS) signatures in the 2D distribution obtained after the 3D momentum density in a crystal is projected along a specific direction in momentum space. These results are useful for…
We give fully polynomial-time approximation schemes (FPTAS) for the partition function of ferromagnetic 2-spin systems in certain parameter regimes. The threshold we obtain is almost tight up to an integrality gap. Our technique is based on…
Line-graph (LG) lattices are known for having flat bands (FBs) from the destructive interference of Bloch wavefunctions encoded in pure lattice symmetry. Here, we develop a generic atomic/molecular orbital design principle for FBs in non-LG…
Density Functional Tight-Binding (DFTB), an approximative approach derived from Density Functional Theory (DFT), has the potential to pave the way for simulations of large periodic or non-periodic systems. We have specifically tailored DFTB…
We study the Fermi surface of metallic, non-magnetic \textit{ortho}-II YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.5}$ using three different density-functional-based band-structure techniques (GGA, GGA+U, PSIC). The calculated Fermi surface exhibits no pockets in…
The interface electronic structure of correlated LaTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices is investigated by means of the charge self-consistent combination of the local density approximation (LDA) to density functional theory (DFT) with dynamical…
Full charge self-consistence (CSC) over the electron density has been implemented into the local density approximation plus dynamical mean-field theory (LDA+DMFT) scheme based on a full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method (FP-LMTO).…
The similarity of the electronic structures of NaFeAs and other Fe pnictides has been demonstrated on the basis of first-principle calculations. The global double-degeneracy of electronic bands along X-M and R-A direction indicates the…
We use relativistic ab-initio methods combined with model Hamiltonian approaches to analyze the normal-phase electronic and structural properties of the recently discovered WP superconductor. Remarkably, the outcomes of such study can be…
Energy band structures are calculated for the new superconductor MgB$_2$ and the related compounds by using the LDA and an FLAPW method. It is found that the strong three dimensional network in low-lying $\pi$ bands brings about two…
The recently proposed diagrammatic expansion (DE) technique for the full Gutzwiller wave function (GWF) is applied to the Anderson lattice model (ALM). This approach allows for a systematic evaluation of the expectation values with GWF in…
The doping mechanism and realistic Fermi surface (FS) evolution of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ (LSCO) are modelled within an extensive ab-initio framework including advanced band-unfolding techniques. We show that ordinary Kohn-Sham DFT+U can…
By strictly adhering to the microscopic theory of composite fermions (CFs) for the Landau-level filling fractions \nu_e = p/(2 p + 1), we reproduce, with remarkable accuracy, the surface-acoustic-wave (SAW)-based experimental results by…
Band structure unfolding is a key technique for analyzing and simplifying the electronic band structure of large, internally distorted supercells that break the primitive cell's translational symmetry. In this work, we present an efficient…
Accurate orthogonal tight-binding Hamiltonians are constructed for ferromagnetic SrRuO$_3$ and the layered perovskite superconductor, Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ by fitting to all-electron full-potential local density band structures obtained by the…