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We have developed a method to construct a symmetry-adapted Wannier tight-binding model based on the closest Wannier formalism and the symmetry-adapted multipole theory. Since the symmetry properties of the closest Wannier functions are…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-11 Rikuto Oiwa , Akane Inda , Satoru Hayami , Takuya Nomoto , Ryotaro Arita , Hiroaki Kusunose

The localized states within the Heisenberg model of magnetism should be represented by best localized Wannier functions forming a unitary transformation of the Bloch functions of the narrowest partly filled energy bands in the metals.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Ekkehard Krüger

In this work a framework for quantum transport simulation from first principles is introduced, focusing on the coherent case. The model is based on the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism and maximally localized Wannier…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-07-14 Christian Stieger , Mathieu Luisier

We have calculated the maximally-localized Wannier functions of MnO in its antiferromagnetic (AFM) rhombohedral unit cell, which contains two formula units. Electron Bloch functions are obtained with the linearized augmented plane-wave…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Michel Posternak , Alfonso Baldereschi , Sandro Massidda , Nicola Marzari

We report a theoretical scheme that enables the calculation of maximally localized Wannier functions in the formalism of projector-augmented-waves (PAW) which also includes the ultrasoft-pseudopotential (USPP) approach. We give a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrea Ferretti , Arrigo Calzolari , Benedetta Bonferroni , Rosa Di Felice

An ab initio Hartree-Fock approach aimed at directly obtaining the localized orthogonal orbitals (Wannier functions) of a crystalline insulator is described in detail. The method is used to perform all-electron calculations on the ground…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 Alok Shukla , Michael Dolg , Peter Fulde , Hermann Stoll

Localized Wannier functions provide an efficient and intuitive framework to compute electric polarization from first-principles. They can also be used to represent the electronic systems at fixed electric field and to determine dielectric…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-28 Pawel Lenarczyk , Mathieu Luisier

Machine learning potentials have emerged as a powerful tool to extend the time and length scales of first principles-quality simulations. Still, most machine learning potentials cannot distinguish different electronic spin orientations and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Marco Eckhoff , Jörg Behler

The theory for the generation of Wannier functions within the generalized Pipek--Mezey approach [Lehtola, S.; J\'onsson, H. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2014, 10, 642] is presented and an implementation thereof is described. Results are…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-15 Elvar Ö. Jónsson , Susi Lehtola , Martti Puska , Hannes Jónsson

In a tight-binding lattice model with $n$ orbitals (single-particle states) per site, Wannier functions are $n$-component vector functions of position that fall off rapidly away from some location, and such that a set of them in some sense…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-29 N. Read

Maximally localized Wannier functions are localized orthogonal functions that can accurately represent given Bloch eigenstates of a periodic system at a low computational cost, thanks to the small size of each orbital. Tight-binding models…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-03-15 Jae-Mo Lihm , Cheol-Hwan Park

The marriage of density functional theory (DFT) and deep learning methods has the potential to revolutionize modern computational materials science. Here we develop a deep neural network approach to represent DFT Hamiltonian (DeepH) of…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-02 He Li , Zun Wang , Nianlong Zou , Meng Ye , Runzhang Xu , Xiaoxun Gong , Wenhui Duan , Yong Xu

Maximally localized Wannier functions are widely used in electronic structure theory for analyses of bonding, electric polarization, orbital magnetization, and for interpolation. The state of the art method for their construction is based…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-12-02 Jamal I. Mustafa , Sinisa Coh , Marvin L. Cohen , Steven G. Louie

A new implementation is proposed for including van der Waals (vdW) interactions in Density Functional Theory (DFT) using the Maximally-Localized Wannier functions (MLWFs), which is free from empirical parameters. With respect to the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Pier Luigi Silvestrelli , Alberto Ambrosetti

Construction of maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) has been implemented within the linear combination of pseudo-atomic orbital (LCPAO) method. Detailed analysis using MLWFs is applied to three closely related materials, single…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 Hongming Weng , Taisuke Ozaki , Kiyoyuki Terakura

The momentum-space derivatives of Bloch wavefunctions are essential for studying quantum geometry and the equilibrium and response properties of solids. In practical first-principles calculations, these derivatives are obtained via Wannier…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-27 Jae-Mo Lihm , Minsu Ghim , Seung-Ju Hong , Cheol-Hwan Park

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…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Schnell , G. Czycholl , R. C. Albers

We study the effect of the off-diagonal elements of the Wannier Hamiltonian on the electronic structure of low-symmetry material Li$_2$MnO$_3$ ($C2/m$), using dynamical mean field theory calculations with continuous-time Quantum Monte Carlo…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-11-28 Alex Taekyung Lee , Hyowon Park , Anh T. Ngo

The electronic ground state of a periodic system is usually described in terms of extended Bloch orbitals, but an alternative representation in terms of localized "Wannier functions" was introduced by Gregory Wannier in 1937. The connection…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-11-28 Nicola Marzari , Arash A. Mostofi , Jonathan R. Yates , Ivo Souza , David Vanderbilt

In principle, many-electron correlation energy can be precisely computed from a reduced Wigner distribution function ($\mathcal{W}$) thanks to a universal functional transformation ($\mathcal{F}$), whose formal existence is akin to that of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Rutvij Vihang Bhavsar , Raghunathan Ramakrishnan