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We compute the phonon dispersion, density of states, and the Gr\"uneisen parameters of bulk palladium in the combined density functional theory (DFT) and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). We find good agreement with experimental results…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-02-20 W. H. Appelt , A. Östlin , I. Di Marco , I. Leonov , M. Sekania , D. Vollhardt , L. Chioncel

We report an inelastic x-ray scattering investigation of phonons in FeSe superconductor. Comparing the experimental phonon dispersion with density functional theory (DFT) calculations in the non-magnetic state, we found a significant…

The structural, dynamical, and thermodynamical properties of diamond, graphite and layered derivatives (graphene, rhombohedral graphite) are computed using a combination of density-functional theory (DFT) total-energy calculations and…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Nicolas Mounet , Nicola Marzari

First-principles phonon calculations along with Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) is an essential tool to study the lattice dynamics, thermodynamical properties and phase-transitions of materials. The two full-Heusler compounds…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-06-18 Shivprasad S. Shastri , Sudhir K. Pandey

Phonons, as quantized vibrational modes in crystalline materials, play a crucial role in determining a wide range of physical properties, such as thermal and electrical conductivity, making their study a cornerstone in materials science. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-20 Huiju Lee , Yi Xia

Within density-functional theory, perturbation theory~(PT) is the state-of-the-art formalism for assessing the response to homogeneous electric fields and the associated material properties, e.g., polarizabilities, dielectric constants, and…

To reach the next frontier in multimode nonlinear optics, it is crucial to better understand the classical and quantum phenomena of systems with many interacting degrees of freedom -- both how they emerge and how they can be tailored to…

Phonon properties of realistic materials are routinely calculated within the Density Functional Perturbation Theory\,(DFPT). This is a semi--classical approach where the atoms are assumed to oscillate along classical trajectories immersed…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-07-24 Andrea Marini

Stochastic and mixed stochastic-deterministic density functional theory (DFT) are promising new approaches for the calculation of the equation-of-state and transport properties in materials under extreme conditions. In the intermediate warm…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-09-27 Vidushi Sharma , Lee A. Collins , Alexander J. White

We present Phonon Unfolding, a Fortran90 program for unfolding phonon dispersions. It unfolds phonon dispersions by using a generalized projection algorithm, which can be used to any kind of atomic systems in principle. Thus our present…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-01-17 Fawei Zheng , Ping Zhang

We formulate an ab initio downfolding scheme for electron-phonon coupled systems. In this scheme, we calculate partially renormalized phonon frequencies and electron-phonon coupling, which include the screening effects of high-energy…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-12-10 Yusuke Nomura , Ryotaro Arita

Density functional theory (DFT) provides a theoretical framework for efficient and fairly accurate calculations of the electronic structure of molecules and crystals. The main features of density functional theory are described and DFT…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2012-06-12 Hauke Paulsen , Alfred Xaver Trautwein

Phonons, quantized vibrations of the atomic lattice, are fundamental to understanding thermal transport, structural stability, and phase behavior in crystalline solids. Despite advances in computational materials science, most predictions…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-15 Huiju Lee , Zhi Li , Jiangang he , Yi Xia

Calculating perturbation response properties of materials from first principles provides a vital link between theory and experiment, but is bottlenecked by the high computational cost. Here a general framework is proposed to perform density…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-03-01 He Li , Zechen Tang , Jingheng Fu , Wen-Han Dong , Nianlong Zou , Xiaoxun Gong , Wenhui Duan , Yong Xu

Using a computationally inexpensive frozen phonon approach we have developed a technique which can be used to screen large unit cell materials and systems for enhanced superconducting critical temperatures. The method requires only density…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-05-07 Oliver A. Dicks , Kateryna Foyevtsova , Ilya Elfimov , Rohit Prasankumar , George Sawatzky

This paper presents ab inition calculations of the surface phonon spectra of GeSe layered semiconductor compound, based on the Density Functional Perturbation Theory (DFPT). The surface has been imitated by a structure of periodically…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-07-23 F. M. Hashimzade , D. A. Huseinova , Z. A. Jahangirli , B. H. Mehdiyev

We propose a harmonic linear response (HLR) method to calculate the phonon dispersion relations of two-dimensional (2D) layers from equilibrium simulations at finite temperature. This HLR approach is based on the linear response of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-14 R. Ramirez , C. P. Herrero

Quantifying materials' dynamical responses to external electromagnetic fields is central to understanding their physical properties. Here we present an implementation of the density functional perturbation theory for the computation of…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-03 Xiaoqiang Liu , Yihao Lin , Ji Feng

Extensive inelastic neutron scattering measurements of phonons on a single crystal of CaFe2As2 allowed us to establish a fairly complete picture of phonon dispersions in the main symmetry directions. The phonon spectra were also calculated…

A first principles density functional based linear response theory (the so called Density Functional Perturbation theory \cite{dfpt}) has been combined separately with two recently developed formalism for a systematic study of the lattice…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-12-25 Aftab Alam , Subhradip Ghosh , Abhijit Mookerjee