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We present in full detail a newly developed formalism enabling density functional perturbation theory (DFPT) calculations from a DFT+$U$ ground state. The implementation includes ultrasoft pseudopotentials and is valid for both insulating…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-02-21 Andrea Floris , Iurii Timrov , Burak Himmetoglu , Nicola Marzari , Stefano de Gironcoli , Matteo Cococcioni

The self-consistent charge density functional tight-binding (DFTB) theory is a useful tool for realizing the electronic structures of large molecular complex systems. In this study, we analyze the electronic structure of C61, formed by…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-06-14 Jia Wang , Xing Dai , Wanrun Jiang , Tianrong Yu , Zhigang Wang

In this article we introduce a generalization of the popular DFT+U method based on the extended Hubbard model that includes on-site and inter-site electronic interactions. The novel corrective Hamiltonian is designed to study systems for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 Vivaldo Leiria Campo , Matteo Cococcioni

Understanding native point defects is fundamental in order to comprehend the properties of TiO$_2$ anatase in technological applications. Several first-principles studies have been performed in order to investigate the defect chemistry of…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-19 Marco Arrigoni , Georg K. H. Madsen

Although the density functional theory plus Hubbard $U$ correction method (DFT+U) is broadly used to study electronic structure of strongly correlated materials, the extension of this method to electron-phonon $g$ matrices has received…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-21 Jiale Chen , Youyou Tu , Chengliang Xia , Jin Zhao , Hanghui Chen

Accurate first-principles predictions of the structural, electronic, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of cathode materials can be key in the design of novel efficient Li-ion batteries. Spinel-type cathode materials Li$_x$Mn$_2$O$_4$…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-03-30 Iurii Timrov , Michele Kotiuga , Nicola Marzari

We introduce an automated, flexible framework (aiida-hubbard) to self-consistently calculate Hubbard $U$ and $V$ parameters from first-principles. By leveraging density-functional perturbation theory, the computation of the Hubbard…

We present an orbital-resolved extension of the Hubbard $U$ correction to density-functional theory (DFT). Compared to the conventional shell-averaged approach, the prediction of energetic, electronic and structural properties is strongly…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-18 Eric Macke , Iurii Timrov , Nicola Marzari , Lucio Colombi Ciacchi

Using density functional theory (DFT) and linear response approaches, we compute the on-site Hubbard interaction $U$ of elemental Terbium (Tb) metal in the pressure range $\sim 0-65$ GPa. The resulting first-principles $U$ values with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-25 Logan A. Burnett , Matthew P. Clay , Yogesh K. Vohra , Cheng-Chien Chen

We report a comprehensive density functional theory (DFT) + $U$ study of the energetics of charged and neutral oxygen defects in both PuO$_{2}$ and $\alpha$-Pu$_{2}$O$_{3}$, and present a quantitative determination of the equilibrium…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-08-21 Bo Sun , Haifeng Liu , Haifeng Song , Guang-Cai Zhang , Hui Zheng , Xian-Geng Zhao , Ping Zhang

In this article, we propose an energy functional at the level of DFT+U+V that allows us to compute self-consistently the values of the on-site interaction, Hubbard U and Hund J, as well as the intersite interaction V. This functional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-10-21 Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean , Angel Rubio

Hubbard-corrected density functional theory, denoted by DFT+U method, was developed to enable correct prediction of insulating properties for strongly-correlated electron systems. UO$_2$ is an example having O-$2p$, U-$6d$, and U-$5f$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-28 Mahmoud Payami

Density-functional theory is widely used to predict the physical properties of materials. However, it usually fails for strongly correlated materials. A popular solution is to use the Hubbard corrections to treat strongly correlated…

The ground-state 4f fine-structure levels in the intrinsic optical transition gaps between the 2p and 5d orbitals of lanthanide sesquioxides (Ln2O3, Ln=La...Lu) were calculated by a two-way crossover search for the U parameters for DFT+U…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-11-17 Bolong Huang

First-principles Hubbard-corrected approximate density-functional theory (DFT+U) is a low-cost, potentially high throughput method of simulating materials, but it has been hampered by empiricism and inconsistent band-gap correction in…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-16 Daniel S. Lambert , David D. O'Regan

We investigate the formation of self-trapped holes (STH) in three prototypical perovskites (SrTiO3, BaTiO3, PbTiO3) using a combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations with local potentials and hybrid functionals. First we…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-21 Paul Erhart , Andreas Klein , Daniel Åberg , Babak Sadigh

Monolayer MnBi$_{2}$Te$_{4}$ (MBT) is an intrinsically magnetic topological insulator whose magnetic response is strongly affected by strain and electron correlation. In density functional theory with an on-site Hubbard correction…

The magnetic state of UO$_2$ was determined experimentally to be anti-ferromagnetic. Starting from this experimental fact, researchers have calculated other properties within the Hubbard-corrected density-functional theory, DFT+U. Up to…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-03 Mahmoud Payami

The effects of including the Hubbard on-site Coulombic correction to the structural parameters and valence energy states of wurtzite ZnO was explored. Due to the changes in the structural parameters caused by correction of hybridization…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-03-08 E. S. Goh , J. W. Mah , T. L. Yoon

Using the LDA+$\textit{U}_\text{sc}$ method, we present calculations phase relations of iron monoxides involving five polytypes in multiple spin-state configurations. The Hubbard parameter $U$ is determined self-consistently simultaneously…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-06-11 Yang Sun , Matteo Cococcioni , Renata M. Wentzcovitch