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In this study, we use Hubbard-Corrected density functional theory (DFT+$U$) to derive spin model Hamiltonians consisting of Heisenberg exchange interactions up to the fourth nearest neighbors and bi-quadratic interactions. We map the…
Despite its widespread use, the predictive accuracy of density functional theory (DFT) is hampered by delocalization errors, especially for correlated systems such as transition-metal complexes. Two complementary tuning strategies have been…
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The high computational cost of phase field simulations remains a major limitation for predicting dendritic solidification in metals, particularly in additive manufacturing, where microstructural control is critical. This work presents a…
The aim of this review article is to assess the descriptive capabilities of the Hubbard-rooted LDA+U method and to clarify the conditions under which it can be expected to be most predictive. The paper illustrates the theoretical foundation…
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The Density Functional Theory plus Hubbard $U$ (DFT+$U$) technique is one of the most widely used tools by condensed matter physicists and solid state chemists for the simulation of transition-metal and lanthanide bearing crystals, and…
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In this work, we address the question of calculating the local effective Coulomb interaction matrix in materials with strong electronic Coulomb interactions from first principles. To this purpose, we implement the constrained random phase…
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Accurate predictions of material properties within the chemical space of transition metal fluorides (TMFs), using density functional theory (DFT) is important for advancing several technological applications. The state-of-the-art semi-local…
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An implementation of full self-consistency over the electronic density in the DFT+DMFT framework on the basis of a plane wave-projector augmented wave (PAW) DFT code is presented. It allows for an accurate calculation of the total energy in…
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Accurately modeling compounds with partially filled $d$ and $f$ shells remains a hard challenge for density-functional theory, due to large self-interaction errors stemming from local or semi-local exchange-correlation functionals. Hubbard…