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Predictions of observable properties by density-functional theory calculations (DFT) are used increasingly often in experimental condensed-matter physics and materials engineering as data. These predictions are used to analyze recent…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-20 Kurt Lejaeghere , Veronique Van Speybroeck , Guido Van Oost , Stefaan Cottenier

Accurate prediction of molecular vibrational frequencies is important to identify spectroscopic signatures and reaction thermodynamics. In this work, we develop a method to quantify uncertainty associated with density functional theory…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Holden L. Parks , Alan. J. H. McGaughey , Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations are being routinely used to identify new material candidates that approach activity near fundamental limits imposed by thermodynamics or scaling relations. DFT calculations have finite…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-10 Dilip Krishnamurthy , Vaidish Sumaria , Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

Computationally-guided material discovery is being increasingly employed using a descriptor-based screening through the calculation of a few properties of interest. A precise understanding of the uncertainty associated with first principles…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-22 Zeeshan Ahmad , Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

For the computational prediction of core electron binding energies in solids, two distinct kinds of modelling strategies have been pursued: the $\Delta$-Self-Consistent-Field method based on density functional theory (DFT), and the GW…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-06-12 Juhan Matthias Kahk , Johannes Lischner

Using a linear combination of atomic orbitals approach, we report a systematic comparison of various Density Functional Theory (DFT) and hybrid exchange-correlation functionals for the prediction of the electronic and structural properties…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-05-07 D. I. Bilc , R. Orlando , R. Shaltaf , G. -M. Rignanese , Jorge Íñiguez , Ph. Ghosez

Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations have been widely used to predict the activity of catalysts based on the free energies of reaction intermediates. The incorporation of the state of the catalyst surface under the electrochemical…

Finite-temperature effects can be included by calculating the vibrations properties and this can greatly improve the fidelity of computational screening. An important challenge for DFT-based screening is the sensitivity of the predictions…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-07-07 Pinwen Guan , Gregory Houchins , Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

In this work, an assessment of the CALPHAD method trained on only density functional theory (DFT) data is performed for the Li-Si binary system, as a case study. Using a parameter sampling approach based on the Bayesian Error Estimation…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-03-31 Ying Yuan , Gregory Houchins , Pin-Wen Guan , Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

Nuclear density functional theory (DFT) is one of the main theoretical tools used to study the properties of heavy and superheavy elements, or to describe the structure of nuclei far from stability. While on-going efforts seek to better…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-23 N. Schunck , J. D. McDonnell , D. Higdon , J. Sarich , S. M. Wild

We introduce a method for the estimation of uncertainties in density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations for atomistic systems. The method is based on the construction of an uncertainty-aware functional distribution (UAFD) in a space…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-14 Teitur Hansen , Jens Jørgen Mortensen , Thomas Bligaard , Karsten Wedel Jacobsen

Density functional theory (DFT) is the de facto approach for predicting self-consistent-field electronic structures of ground-state configurations of complex atoms, molecules, and solids and providing their property data for materials…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-30 Zi-Kui Liu

Multi-center transition metal complexes (MCTMs) with magnetically interacting ions have been proposed as components for information processing devices and storage units. For any practical application of MCTMs as magnetic units, it is…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-04-03 Henry C. Fitzhugh , James W. Furness , Mark R. Pederson , Juan E. Peralta , Jianwei Sun

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,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-08-19 Kyle Bystrom , Boris Kozinsky

Generative models hold great promise for accelerating materials discovery, but their evaluation often overlooks the chemical validity and stability requirements crucial to real-world applications. Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-06 Elohan Veillon , Astrid Klipfel , Adlane Sayede , Zied Bouraoui

Density Functional Theory (DFT) underpins much of modern computational chemistry and materials science. Yet, the reliability of DFT-derived predictions of experimentally measurable properties remains fundamentally limited by the need to…

We present a theoretical framework to quantify statistical uncertainties in covariant density functional theory (CDFT) for both nuclear matter and finite nuclei, based on a relativistic point-coupling energy density functional (EDF). By…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 X. Zhang , C. C. Wang , C. R. Ding , J. M. Yao

We perform a critical assessment of the accuracy of DFT-based methods in predicting stable phases within the Co-Pt binary alloy. Statistical mechanical analysis applied to zero kelvin DFT predictions yields finite-temperature results that…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-08-13 Elizabeth Decolvenaere , Michael J. Gordon , Anton Van der Ven

Covariant density functional theory (CDFT) is a modern theoretical tool for the description of nuclear structure phenomena. The current investigation aims at the global assessment of the accuracy of the description of the ground state…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 S. E. Agbemava , A. V. Afanasjev , D. Ray , P. Ring

Accurate computational predictions of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their properties is crucial for discovering optimal compositions and applying them in relevant technological areas. This work benchmarks density functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-11 Joshua Edzards , Julia Santana Andreo , Holger-Dietrich Saßnick , Caterina Cocchi
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