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We present a Semiempirical Pseudopotential Method for accurately computing the band structures and Bloch states of monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), including MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, and WSe2. Our approach combines local and…
We derive an analytic connection between the screened self-consistent effective potential from density functional theory (DFT) and atomic effective pseudopotentials (AEPs). The motivation to derive AEPs is to address structures with…
In this letter we present a real space density functional theory (DFT) localized basis set semi-empirical pseudopotential (SEP) approach. The method is applied to iron and magnesium oxide, where bulk SEP and local spin density approximation…
We propose an efficient reduced-order technique for electronic structure calculations of semiconductor nanostructures, suited for inclusion in full-band quantum transport simulators. The model is based on the linear combination of bulk…
First-principles calculations rely heavily on pseudopotentials, yet their impact on accuracy is hardly addressed. In this work, we show that most pseudopotentials to date introduce errors, which manifest themselves as errors of atomic…
We present a new empirical pseudopotential (EPM) calculation approach to simulate the million atom nanostructured semiconductor devices under potential bias using the periodic boundary conditions. To treat the non-equilibrium condition,…
A recently published correlated electron pseudopotentials (CEPPs) method has been adapted for application to the 3d-transition metals, and to include relativistic effects. New CEPPs are reported for the atoms Sc$-$Fe, constructed from…
The newly developed machine learning (ML) empirical pseudopotential (EP) method overcomes the poor transferability of the traditional EP method with the help of ML techniques while preserving its formal simplicity and computational…
Developing reliable pseudopotentials for orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT), especially for transition metals, remains a significant challenge. In this study, we provide a theoretical framework for analyzing pseudization…
The optical response of two-dimensional (2D) materials has been customarily calculated ab initio using plane waves and without separating the most important orbitals contributions. In the family of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC)…
The DFT-1/2 method in density functional theory [L. G. Ferreira et al., Phys. Rev. B 78, 125116 (2008)] aims to provide accurate band gaps at the computational cost of semilocal calculations. The method has shown promise in a large number…
The journey of theoretical study on semiconductors is reviewed in a non-conventional way. We have started with the basic introduction of Hartree-Fock method and introduce the fundamentals of Density Functional Theory (DFT). From the oldest…
Parameter inference for stochastic differential equation mixed effects models (SDEMEMs) is a challenging problem. Analytical solutions for these models are rarely available, which means that the likelihood is also intractable. In this case,…
Nowadays pseudopotential density-functional theory calculations constitute the standard approach to tackle solid-state electronic problems. These rely on distributed pseudopotential tables that were built from all-electron atomic…
The $k \cdot p$ is a versatile technique that describes the semiconductor band structure in the vicinity of the bandgap. The technique can be extended to full Brillouin zone by including more coupled bands into consideration. For…
Accurate band gap prediction in semiconductors is crucial for materials science and semiconductor technology advancements. This paper extends the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional for a wide range of semiconductors, tackling the…
The pseudospectral method is a powerful tool for finding highly precise solutions of Schr\"{o}dinger's equation for few-electron problems. We extend the method's scope to wave functions with non-zero angular momentum and test it on several…
Transition-metal-based Heusler semiconductors are promising materials for a variety of applications ranging from spintronics to thermoelectricity. Employing the $GW$ approximation within the framework of the FLAPW method, we study the…
Atomic effective pseudopotentials enable atomistic calculations at the level of accuracy of density functional theory for semiconductor nanostructures with up to fifty thousand atoms. Since they are directly derived from ab-initio…
In this paper, we present a new approach for the exact calculation of band structure in one-dimensional periodic media, such as photonic crystals and superlattices, based on the recently reported differential transfer matrix method (DTMM).…