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Density functional theory (DFT) and thermal DFT (thDFT) calculations were used to evaluate the energy band structure, bandgap, and the total energy of various graphene quantum dots (GQDs). The DFT calculations were performed using local…

Using density functional theory calculations, many researchers have predicted that various tungsten-nitride compounds WN$_x$ ($x$ > 1) will be "ultra-compressible" or "superhard", $i.e.$ as hard as or harder than diamond. These compounds…

Mg-IV-N\textsubscript{2} compounds with IV=Si, Ge, Sn are ultra-wide band gap semiconductors with various potential electronic and optoelectronic applications. They share the \textit{Pna}2\textsubscript{1} space group crystal structure.…

Using first-principal density functional theory (DFT) we explained the importance of pseudopotential for decribing the electronic and vibrational properties of rutile TiO2 (R-TiO2). Calculations were performed using the generalized gradient…

Hydrogen-rich compounds are important for understanding the dissociation of dense molecular hydrogen, as well as searching for room temperature Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superconductors. A recent high pressure experiment reported the…

Rhombohedral multilayer graphene, with its flat electronic bands and concentrated Berry curvature, is a promising material for the realization of correlated topological phases of matter. When aligned to an adjacent hexagonal boron nitride…

We predict the existence of new two dimensional silicon carbide nanostructure employing ab initio density-functional theory calculations. These structures are composed of tetragonal and hexagonal rings with C-C and Si-C bonds arranged in a…

We report the structural, elastic and vibrational properties of five ionic-molecular solid oxidizers MNO$_3$ (M = Li, Na, K) and MClO$_3$ (M = Na, K). By treating long range electron-correlation effects, dispersion corrected method leads to…

We performed density functional theory (DFT) calculations for a bi-layered heterostructure combining a graphene layer with a MoS2 layer with and without intercalated Li atoms. Our calculations demonstrate the importance of the van der Waals…

In recent years, the investigation of novel materials for various technological applications has gained much importance in materials science research. Tri-molybdenum phosphide (Mo3P), a promising transition metal phosphide (TMP), has…

The existence of a new two dimensional CN2 structure was predicted using ab-initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) and density-functional theory calculations. It consists tetragonal and hexagonal rings with C-N and N-N bonds arranged in a…

In recent years there has been significant interest in the concepts of synthetic dimensions, where one couples the internal degrees of freedom of a particle to form higher-dimensional lattices in lower-dimensional physical structures. For…

Td-WTe2 is a topological Weyl semimetal. WTe2 in the orthorhombic structure is stable at room temperature. Elastic, electronic, bonding, and optoelectronic properties of WTe2 have been investigated in detail in this work using the density…

The electronic structure and chemical bonding of wurtzite-GaN investigated by N 1s soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy and N K, Ga M1, and Ga M2,3 emission spectroscopy is compared to that of pure Ga. The measurements are interpreted by…

The band structure and size-scaling of electronic properties in self-assembled cyclic oligothiophene nanotubes are investigated using density functional theory (DFT) for the first time. In these unique tubular aggregates, the {\pi}-{\pi}…

Electromagnetic properties of periodic two-dimensional sub-wavelength structures consisting of closely-packed inclusions of materials with negative dielectric permittivity $\epsilon$ in a dielectric host with positive $\epsilon_h$ can be…

Rare-earth tritellurides (RTe3) are popular for their charge density wave (CDW) phase, magnetotransport properties and pressure induced superconducting state among other features. In this literature, Density functional theory has been…

Intralayer deformation in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures is generally assumed to be negligible due to the weak nature of the interactions between the layers, especially when the interfaces are found incoherent. In the present work,…

We describe an efficient quantum embedding framework for realistic ab initio density matrix embedding (DMET) calculations in solids. We discuss in detail the choice of orbitals and mapping to a lattice, treatment of the virtual space and…

First principle calculations were performed to study the ground state electronic properties of Barium titanate within the density functional theory (DFT). In our DFT computations, we used Vosko-Wilk-Nusair correlation energy functional and…