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We give a detailed description of a recently proposed first principles approach to the electronic structure of strongly correlated materials. The method combines the GW approximation with dynamical mean field theory. It is designed to…
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Recent experimental works reported observation of the {\omega} structure in steel. Here, stability of the {\omega} structure in steel is investigated based on first-principles with special interests in effects of interstitial C atoms. The…
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The effect of pressure on the hexagonal close-packed structure of titanium is investigated. The lattice parameters of the equilibrium structure were determined in terms of the Gibbs free energy using the Epitaxial Bain Path method. When…
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We propose a dynamical mean field approach for calculating the electronic structure of strongly correlated materials from first principles. The scheme combines the GW method with dynamical mean field theory, which enables one to treat…
Structural and elastic properties of Ba$_{2}$P$_{7}$X (X=Cl, Br, I) (Barium Phosphide Halides) Zintl compounds have been investigated using the pseudo-potential plane-wave (PP-PW) method based on the density functional theory (DFT) within…
The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of bulk GdCu (CsCl-type) are investigated using spin density functional theory, where highly localized $4f$ orbitals are treated within LDA+$U$ and GGA+$U$ methods. The calculated magnetic…