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A new DFT+U type corrective functional is derived from first principles to enforce the flat plane condition on localized subspaces, thus dispensing with the need for an ad hoc derivation from the Hubbard model. The newly derived functional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-17 Andrew Burgess , Edward Linscott , David D. O'Regan

While density functional theory (DFT) is widely applied for its combination of cost and accuracy, corrections (e.g., DFT+U) that improve it are often needed to tackle correlated transition-metal chemistry. In principle, the functional form…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-03-12 Akash Bajaj , Heather J. Kulik

The design of better exchange-correlation functionals for Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a central challenge of modern electronic structure theory. However, current developments are limited by the mathematical form of the functional,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-08-19 Kyle Bystrom , Boris Kozinsky

First-principles Hubbard-corrected approximate density-functional theory (DFT+U) is a low-cost, potentially high throughput method of simulating materials, but it has been hampered by empiricism and inconsistent band-gap correction in…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-16 Daniel S. Lambert , David D. O'Regan

Hubbard-corrected density functional theory, denoted by DFT+U method, was developed to enable correct prediction of insulating properties for strongly-correlated electron systems. UO$_2$ is an example having O-$2p$, U-$6d$, and U-$5f$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-28 Mahmoud Payami

In approximate density functional theory (DFT), the self-interaction error is an electron delocalization anomaly associated with underestimated insulating gaps. It exhibits a predominantly quadratic energy-density curve that is amenable to…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 Glenn Moynihan , Gilberto Teobaldi , David D. O'Regan

Accurate computational predictions of band gaps are of practical importance to the modeling and development of semiconductor technologies, such as (opto)electronic devices and photoelectrochemical cells. Among available electronic-structure…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-03-16 Nicole E. Kirchner-Hall , Wayne Zhao , Yihuang Xiong , Iurii Timrov , Ismaila Dabo

In electronic structure methods based on the correction of approximate density-functional theory (DFT) for systematic inaccuracies, Hubbard $U$ parameters may be used to quantify and amend the self-interaction errors ascribed to selected…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-04-27 Glenn Moynihan , Gilberto Teobaldi , David D. O'Regan

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

We present a DFT+U-type functional for strong correlation, derived from multiconfigurational wavefunction theory. The reference system experiences electron-electron interactions only in DFT+U-type atomic states, yielding a block-localized…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-07-25 Benjamin G. Janesko

We present an orbital-resolved extension of the Hubbard $U$ correction to density-functional theory (DFT). Compared to the conventional shell-averaged approach, the prediction of energetic, electronic and structural properties is strongly…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-18 Eric Macke , Iurii Timrov , Nicola Marzari , Lucio Colombi Ciacchi

The Density Functional Theory plus Hubbard $U$ (DFT+$U$) technique is one of the most widely used tools by condensed matter physicists and solid state chemists for the simulation of transition-metal and lanthanide bearing crystals, and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-29 Andrew C. Burgess , David D. O'Regan

Streamlined prediction of the electronic properties of photoactive materials warrants a Density Functional Theory (DFT) based approach that (i) yields reliable bandgaps, (ii) is free of empirically tuned parameters, and (iii) exhibits low…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-17 Andrew C. Burgess , Lórien MacEnulty , Ethan D'Arcy , David Gavin , David D. O'Regan

Recent work has shown that a fully many-body treatment of noncovalent interactions, such as that given by the method of many-body dispersion (MBD), is vital to accurately modeling the structure and energetics of many molecular systems with…

We present in full detail a newly developed formalism enabling density functional perturbation theory (DFPT) calculations from a DFT+$U$ ground state. The implementation includes ultrasoft pseudopotentials and is valid for both insulating…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-02-21 Andrea Floris , Iurii Timrov , Burak Himmetoglu , Nicola Marzari , Stefano de Gironcoli , Matteo Cococcioni

We present a formulation and implementation of the DFT+\textit{U} method within the framework of linear combination of numerical atomic orbitals (NAO). Our implementation not only enables single-point total energy and electronic-structure…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-29 Xin Qu , Peng Xu , Hong Jiang , Lixin He , Xinguo Ren

We present an implementation of the density-functional theory DFT$+U$$+V$ formalism within the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented-plane-wave (FLAPW) method as implemented in the FLEUR code. The DFT$+U$$+V$ formalism extends…

The flat plane condition is the union of two exact constraints in electronic structure theory: i) energetic piecewise linearity with fractional electron removal or addition and ii) invariant energetics with change in electron spin in a half…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-23 Akash Bajaj , Jon Paul Janet , Heather J. Kulik

The density functional theory (DFT)+$U$ method is a pragmatic and effective approach for calculating the ground-state properties of strongly-correlated systems, and linear response calculations are widely used to determine the requisite…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-12-31 Edward B. Linscott , Daniel J. Cole , Michael C. Payne , David D. O'Regan

Multi-configurational wave functions are known to describe electronic structure across a Born-Oppenheimer surface qualitatively correct. However, for quantitative reaction energies, dynamical correlation originating from the many…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-04-16 Christopher J. Stein , Markus Reiher
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