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The design of better exchange-correlation functionals for Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a central challenge of modern electronic structure theory. However, current developments are limited by the mathematical form of the functional,…
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Finite-temperature orbital-free density functional theory (FT-OFDFT) holds significant promise for simulating warm dense matter due to its favorable scaling with both system size and temperature. However, the lack of the numerically…
Bound electron-hole pairs in semiconductors known as excitons are the subject of intense research due to their potential for optoelectronic devices and applications, especially in the realm of two-dimensional materials. While the properties…
In this work we have studied a new functional for the correlation energy obtained from the exact-exchange (EXX) approximation within time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). Correlation energies have been calculated for a number of…
For the moment, there is no exact description of van der Waals (vdW) interactions. ACFD-RPA \cite{Gould1} is expected to better describe vdW bonding, but it is not exact. The PBE/DFT-D2 method is less satisfactory, however, its results are…