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Unlike covalent two-dimensional (2D) materials like graphene, 2D metals have non-layered structures due to their non-directional, metallic bonding. While experiments on 2D metals are still scarce and challenging, density-functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-06 Kameyab Raza Abidi , Pekka Koskinen

We present the implementation of the Hubbard ($U$) and Hund ($J$) corrected Density Functional Theory (DFT+$U$+$J$) functionality in the Quickstep program, which is part of the CP2K suite. The tensorial and L\"owdin subspace representations…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-14 Ziwei Chai , Rutong Si , Mingyang Chen , Gilberto Teobaldi , David D. O'Regan , Li-Min Liu

An alternative type of approximation for the exchange and correlation functional in density functional theory is proposed. This approximation depends on a variable $u$ that is able to detect inhomogeneities in the electron density $\rho$…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-02 Fabien Tran , Peter Blaha

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 develop a generalization of the Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) + Hubbard $U$ (DFT+$U$) method to the excited-state regime. This has the form of Hubbard $U$ corrected linear-response time-dependent DFT, or `TDDFT+$U$'.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-04-24 Okan K. Orhan , David D. O'Regan

We present a first-principles investigation of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of pyrolusite ($\beta$-MnO$_2$) using conventional and extended Hubbard-corrected density-functional theory (DFT+$U$ and DFT+$U$+$V$). The…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-06 Ruchika Mahajan , Iurii Timrov , Nicola Marzari , Arti Kashyap

Halide perovskites (HPs) are widely viewed as promising photovoltaic and light-emitting materials for their suitable band gaps in the visible spectrum. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations employing (semi)local exchange-correlation…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-12-06 Jiyuan Yang , Tianyuan Zhu , Shi Liu

We present a first-principles study of the low-temperature rhombohedral phase of BaTiO$_3$ using Hubbard-corrected density-functional theory. By employing density-functional perturbation theory, we compute the onsite Hubbard $U$ for…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-12-29 G. Gebreyesus , Lorenzo Bastonero , Michele Kotiuga , Nicola Marzari , Iurii Timrov

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

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

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

Complex functional materials are characterized by intricate and competing bond orders, making them an excellent platform for evaluating the newly developed Strongly Constrained and Appropriately Normed (SCAN) density functional. In this…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-23 Da Ke , Jianwei Sun , Yubo Zhang

Density functional theory (DFT) has been widely applied to a variety of realistic materials but often struggles to explain the properties of correlated systems. The DFT + U method, which introduces a Hubbard U correction to the DFT, has…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-20 Ju Hyeon Lee , Bongjae Kim

Density functional theory was used to study the nonmagnetic (NM) and ferromagnetic (FM) phases of face-centered cubic cerium. Functionals of four levels of approximations for the exchange-correlation energy were used: LDA, PBE, LDA/PBE+$U$,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-04-09 Fabien Tran , Ferenc Karsai , Peter Blaha

The accuracy of bulk property predictions in density functional theory (DFT) calculations depends on the choice of exchange-correlation functional. While the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional systematically overestimates lattice…

The formalism of electronic density-functional-theory, with Hubbard-U corrections (DFT+U), is employed in a computational study of the energetics of U_{1-x} Ce_x O_2 mixtures. The computational approach makes use of a procedure which…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-03-08 B. E. Hanken , C. R. Stanek , N. Grønbech-Jensen , M. Asta

A density functional theory (DFT) approach to computing transition metal oxide heat of formation without adjustable parameters is presented. Different degrees of $d$-electron localization in oxides are treated within the DFT+$U$ approach…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-01 Johannes Voss

HfO$_2$-based ferroelectrics have emerged as promising materials for advanced nanoelectronics, with their robust polarization and silicon compatibility making them ideal for high-density, non-volatile memory applications. Oxygen vacancies,…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-06 Yudi Yang , Wooil Yang , Young-Woo Son , Shi Liu

We construct and apply an exchange-correlation functional for the one-dimensional Hubbard model. This functional has built into it the Luttinger-liquid and Mott-insulator correlations, present in the Hubbard model, in the same way in which…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Capelle , N. A. Lima , M. F. Silva , L. N. Oliveira

The density functional theory (DFT) approximations that are the most accurate for the calculation of band gap of bulk materials are hybrid functionals like HSE06, the MBJ potential, and the GLLB-SC potential. More recently, generalized…