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Molecular dynamics simulations have been used in different scientific fields to investigate a broad range of physical systems. However, the accuracy of calculation is based on the model considered to describe the atomic interactions. In…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-02-08 Márcio S. Gomes-Filho , Alberto Torres , Alexandre Reily Rocha , Luana S. Pedroza

We formulate the Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) as a statistical theory in which the electron density is deter-mined from an average of correlated stochastic densities in a trace formula. The key idea is that it is sufficient…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-15 Roi Baer , Daniel Neuhauser , Eran Rabani

We present a dynamic density functional theory (dDFT) which takes into accou nt the advection of the particles by a flowing solvent. For potential flows we can use the same closure as in the absence of solvent flow. The structure of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Markus Rauscher , Alvaro Dominguez , Matthias Krueger , Florencia Penna

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

While first-principles calculations of electrode-molecule binding play an indispensable role in obtaining atomic-level understanding in surface science and electrochemistry, a significant challenge remains because the adsorption energy is…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-29 Juho Lee , Hyeonwoo Yeo , Ryong-Gyu Lee , Yong-Hoon Kim

Density Functional Theory (DFT) is one of the most widely used methods for "ab initio" calculations of the structure of atoms, molecules, crystals, surfaces, and their interactions. Unfortunately, the customary introduction to DFT is often…

Physics Education · Physics 2010-12-07 Nathan Argaman , Guy Makov

Hydrodynamic density functional theory (DFT) is applied to analyse dynamic contact angles of droplets in order to assess its predictive capability regarding wetting phenomena at the microscopic scale and to evaluate its feasibility for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-06 Benjamin Bursik , Rolf Stierle , Hamza Oukili , Martin Schneider , Gernot Bauer , Joachim Gross

We provide novel random surface density functional theory (RSDFT) formulation in the case of geometric heterogeneous surface of solid media which is essential for description of thermodynamic properties of confined fluids. The major…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-11-22 Timur Aslyamov , Aleksey Khlyupin

We survey approaches to nonrelativistic density functional theory (DFT) for nuclei using progress toward ab initio DFT for Coulomb systems as a guide. Ab initio DFT starts with a microscopic Hamiltonian and is naturally formulated using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-04 J. E. Drut , R. J. Furnstahl , L. Platter

Density functional theory (DFT) has been actively used and developed recently. DFT is an efficient instrument for describing a wide range of nanoscale phenomena: wetting transition, capillary condensation, adsorption, and others. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-21 Yuriy Kanygin

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

Density Functional Theory (DFT) has become a cornerstone in the modeling of metals. However, accurately simulating metals, particularly under extreme conditions, presents two significant challenges. First, simulating complex metallic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-03-08 Jake P. Vu , Ming Chen

Predicting interfacial thermodynamics across molecular and continuum scales remains a central challenge in computational science. Classical density functional theory (cDFT) provides a first-principles route to connect microscopic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Edoardo Monti , Peter Yatsyshin , Konstantinos Gkagkas , Andrew B. Duncan

This review is based on lectures given by the author at the Enrico Fermi Summer School in Varenna. It presents the basics of Density Functional Theory (DFT) for Fermi superfluids, with particular emphasis on nuclear systems. Special…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-10 Piotr Magierski

We present a systematic, quasi-automated methodology for generating electronic models in the framework of second-principles density functional theory (SPDFT). This approach enables the construction of accurate and computationally efficient…

We derive a closed equation for the empirical concentration of colloidal particles in the presence of both hydrodynamic and direct interactions. The ensemble average of our functional Langevin equation reproduces known deterministic Dynamic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-19 A. Donev , E. Vanden-Eijnden

We present background concepts of the nuclear density functional theory (DFT) and applications of the time-dependent DFT with the Skyrme energy functional for nuclear response functions. Practical methods for numerical applications of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-10-16 T. Nakatsukasa , S. Ebata , P. Avogadro , L. Guo , T. Inakura , K. Yoshida

Density-potential functional theory (DPFT) is an alternative formulation of orbital-free density functional theory that may be suitable for modeling the electronic structure of large systems. To date, DPFT has been applied mainly to quantum…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-21 Martin-Isbjörn Trappe , William C. Witt , Sergei Manzhos

Hydrogen bonding is an important non-covalent interaction that plays a major role in molecular self-organization and supramolecular structures. It can be described accurately with ab initio quantum chemical wave function methods, which…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-05-16 Usman Ahmed , Mikael P. Johansson , Susi Lehtola , Dage Sundholm

In recent years, the theoretical description of electrical noise and fluctuation-induced effects in electrolytes has gained a renewed interest, enabled by stochastic field theories like stochastic density functional theory (SDFT). Such…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-25 Pierre Illien , Antoine Carof , Benjamin Rotenberg