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While the vast majority of calculations reported on molecular conductance have been based on the static non-equilibrium Green's function formalism combined with density functional theory, in recent years a few time-depedent approaches to…

We propose a new, alternative method for ab-initio calculations of the electronic structure of solids, which has been specifically adapted to treat many-body effects in a more rigorous way than many existing ab-initio methods. We start from…

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One of the central problems in quantum mechanics is to determine the ground state properties of a system of electrons interacting via the Coulomb potential. Since its introduction by Hohenberg, Kohn, and Sham, Density Functional Theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 Norbert Schuch , Frank Verstraete

We have proposed a method for correcting the Kohn-Sham eigen energies in the density functional theory (DFT) based on the Koopmans theorem using Wannier functions. The method provides a general approach applicable for molecules and solids…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-03-02 Jie Ma , Lin-Wang Wang

The LSDA+U approach to density functional theory is carefully reanalyzed. Its possible link to single-particle Green's function theory is occasionally discussed. A simple and elegant derivation of the important sum rules for the on-site…

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To go beyond Gaussian approximation to the Hohenberg-Kohn free energy playing the key role in the density functional theory (DFT), the density functional \textit{integral} representation would be relevant, because field theoretical approach…

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A numerical algorithm for studying strongly correlated electron systems is proposed. The groundstate wavefunction is projected out after numerical renormalization procedure in the path integral formalism. The wavefunction is expressed from…

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We implemented various DFT+U schemes, including the ACBN0 self-consistent density-functional version of the DFT+U method [Phys. Rev. X 5, 011006 (2015)] within the massively parallel real-space time-dependent density functional theory…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-12-27 Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean , Micael J. T. Oliveira , Angel Rubio

The insulating state of matter is characterized by the excitation spectrum, but also by qualitative features of the electronic ground state. The insulating ground wavefunction in fact: (i) sustains macroscopic polarization, and (ii) is…

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In the near future, material and drug design may be aided by quantum computer assisted simulations. These have the potential to target chemical systems intractable by the most powerful classical computers. However, the resources offered by…

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We consider a model Hamiltonian for a dimer including all the electronic one- and two-body terms consistent with a single orbital per site, a free Einstein phonon term, and an electron-phonon coupling of the Holstein type. The bare…

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We have integrated density functional theory (DFT) into quantitative convergent-beam electron diffraction (QCBED) to create a synergy between experiment and theory called QCBED-DFT. This synergy resides entirely in the electron density…

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An essential ingredient in many model Hamiltonians, such as the Hubbard model, is the effective electron-electron interaction $U$, which enters as matrix elements in some localized basis. These matrix elements provide the necessary…

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Quantum mechanical methods based on the density functional theory (DFT) offer a realistic possibility of first-principles design of organic donor-acceptor systems and engineered band-gap materials. This promise is contingent upon the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2013-12-03 Marcin Modrzejewski , Grzegorz Chałasiński , Małgorzata M. Szczęśniak

A systematic first-principle study is performed to calculate the lattice parameters, electronic structure, and thermodynamic properties of UN using the local-density approximation (LDA)+\emph{U} and the generalized gradient approximation…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Yong Lu , Bao-Tian Wang , Rong-Wu Li , Hongliang Shi , Ping Zhang

We propose a general method of constructing Wannier functions in disordered systems directly out of energy eigenstates. This method consists of two successive operations: (i) a phase transformation setting the proper localization center;…

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Density functional theory (DFT) has emerged as one of the most versatile and lucrative approaches in electronic structure calculations of many-electron systems in past four decades. Here we give an account of the development of a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-04-19 Abhisek Ghosal , Amlan K. Roy

We introduce the notion of electronic enthalpy for first-principles structural and dynamical calculations of finite systems under pressure. An external pressure field is allowed to act directly on the electronic structure of the system…

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