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We establish a general equivalence between van der Waals interaction energies within the formalism of the non-local van der Waals functional of the density functional theory and within the formalism of the field approach based on the…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 Gregor Veble , Rudolf Podgornik

We present a formally exact van der Waals inclusive electronic structure theory, called FDE-vdW, based on the Frozen Density Embedding formulation of subsystem Density-Functional Theory. In subsystem DFT, the energy functional is composed…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Ruslan Kevorkyants , Henk Eshuis , Michele Pavanello

We use scanning tunneling microscopy to visualize and thermal desorption spectroscopy to quantitatively measure that the binding of naphthalene molecules to graphene (Gr), a case of pure van der Waals (vdW) interaction, strengthens with…

The structure of liquid water at ambient conditions is studied in ab initio molecular dynamics simulations using van der Waals (vdW) density-functional theory, i.e. using the new exchange-correlation functionals optPBE-vdW and vdW-DF2.…

We review the screening nature and many-body physics foundation of the van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF) method, a systematic approach to construct truly nonlocal exchange-correlation energy density functionals. To that end we…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-30 Per Hyldgaard , Yang Jiao , Vivekanand Shukla

We present a reformulation of QM/MM as a fully quantum mechanical theory of interacting subsystems, all treated at the level of density functional theory (DFT). For the MM subsystem, which lacks orbitals, we assign an ad hoc electron…

We present a joint implementation of dynamical-mean-field theory (DMFT) with the pseudopotential plane-wave approach, via Wannier functions, for the determination of the electronic properties of strongly correlated materials. The scheme…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-08-08 G. Trimarchi , I. Leonov , N. Binggeli , Dm. Korotin , V. I. Anisimov

An outstanding challenge of theoretical electronic structure is the description of van der Waals (vdW) interactions in molecules and solids. Renewed interest in resolving this is in part motivated by the technological promise of layered…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-01-20 Luke Shulenburger , Andrew D. Baczewski , Zhen Zhu , Jie Guan , David Tomanek

Understanding the interaction of organic molecules with TiO2 surfaces is important for a wide range of technological applications. While density functional theory (DFT) calculations can provide valuable insight about these interactions,…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-23 Marcus Tillotson , Peter Brett , Roger A. Bennett , Ricardo Grau-Crespo

We present a method for obtaining well-localized Wannier-like functions (WFs) for energy bands that are attached to or mixed with other bands. The present scheme removes the limitation of the usual maximally-localized WFs method (N. Marzari…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Ivo Souza , Nicola Marzari , David Vanderbilt

We devise a nonlocal correlation energy functional that describes the entire range of dispersion interactions in a seamless fashion using only the electron density as input. The new functional is considerably simpler than its predecessors…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2010-12-27 Oleg A. Vydrov , Troy Van Voorhis

We present the idea and illustrate potential benefits of having a tool chain of closely related regular, unscreened and screened hybrid exchange-correlation (XC) functionals, all within the consistent formulation of the van der Waals…

The dispersive interaction between nanotubes is investigated through ab initio theory calculations and in an analytical approximation. A van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 246401 (2004)] is used to determine and…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Jesper Kleis , Elsebeth Schroder , Per Hyldgaard

In a framework for long-range density-functional theory we present a unified full-field treatment of the asymptotic van der Waals interaction for atoms, molecules, surfaces, and other objects. The only input needed consists of the electron…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Erika Hult , Henrik Rydberg , Bengt I. Lundqvist , David C. Langreth

A scheme within density functional theory is proposed that provides a practical way to generalize to unrestricted geometries the method applied with some success to layered geometries [H. Rydberg, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 126402…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Dion , H. Rydberg , E. Schroder , D. C. Langreth , B. I. Lundqvist

Maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) are widely used to construct first-principles tight-binding models that accurately reproduce the electronic structure of materials. Recently, robust and automated approaches to generate these…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-11-02 Junfeng Qiao , Giovanni Pizzi , Nicola Marzari

We introduce a new, general-purpose, range-separated hybrid van der Waals density \ph{functional, termed vdW-DF-ahbr,} within the non-empirical vdW-DF method [JPCM 32, 393001 (2020)]. It combines correlation from vdW-DF2 with a screened…

The Breit correction, the finite-light-speed correction for the Coulomb interaction of the electron-electron interaction in $ O \left( 1/ c^2 \right) $, is introduced to density functional theory (DFT) based on the non-relativistic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-10-20 Tomoya Naito , Ryosuke Akashi , Haozhao Liang , Shinji Tsuneyuki

We propose a "DFT+dispersion" treatment which avoids double counting of dispersion terms by deriving the dispersion-free density functional theory (DFT) interaction energy and combining it with DFT-based dispersion. The formalism involves…