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The accuracy of density-functional theory (DFT) is determined by the quality of the approximate functionals, such as exchange-correlation in electronic DFT and the excess functional in the classical DFT formalism of fluids. The exact…

Machine learning (ML) has recently gained attention as a means to develop more accurate exchange-correlation (XC) functionals for density functional theory, but functionals developed thus far need to be improved on several metrics,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Kyle Bystrom , Boris Kozinsky

Density functional theory (DFT) and linear-response time-dependent density functional theory (LR-TDDFT) rely on an exchange-correlation (xc) approximation that provides not only energy but also its functional derivatives that enter the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Xiaoyu Zhang

The widespread use of (generalized) Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) lies in the fact that hierarchical sets of approximations of the exchange-correlation (XC) energy functional can be designed, offering versatile choices to…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-31 Igor Ying Zhang , Xinguo Ren

Capturing the discontinuous shift by $\Delta$ in the exact exchange-correlation (xc) potential is the standard proposal for calculating the fundamental gap, $E_\mathrm{g}$, from the Kohn-Sham (KS) gap, $\varepsilon_\mathrm{g}$, within KS…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-14 M. J. P. Hodgson , J. Wetherell , Emmanuel Fromager

Density functional theory (DFT) offers a desirable balance between quantitative accuracy and computational efficiency in practical many-electron calculations. Its central component, the exchange-correlation energy functional, has been…

Density functional theory (DFT) in chemistry and materials science aims for "chemical accuracy," but this goal is challenged by the need to approximate the exact exchange-correlation (XC) energy functional. The r$^2$SCAN, meta-generalized…

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

The exchange-correlation (XC) functional in density functional theory is used to approximate multi-electron interactions. A plethora of different functionals is available, but nearly all are based on the hierarchy of inputs commonly…

We propose a new molecular simulation framework that combines the transferability, robustness and chemical flexibility of an ab initio method with the accuracy and efficiency of a machine learned force field. The key to achieve this mix is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Sebastian Dick , Marivi Fernandez-Serra

We analyze the methodology and the performance of subsystem density functional theory (DFT) with meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA) exchange-correlation functionals for non-bonded systems. Meta-GGA functionals depend on the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-05 S. Śmiga , E. Fabiano , S. Laricchia , L. A. Constantin , F. Della Sala

Density functional theory (DFT) is one of the main methods in Quantum Chemistry that offers an attractive trade off between the cost and accuracy of quantum chemical computations. The electron density plays a key role in DFT. In this work,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-09-11 Anton V. Sinitskiy , Vijay S. Pande

This is the second and the final part of the review on density functional theory (DFT), referred to as DFT-II. In the first review, DFT-I, we have discussed wavefunction-based methods, their complexity, and the basic of density functional…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-25 Ashish Kumar , Prashant Singh , Manoj K. Harbola

Due to efficient scaling with electron number N, density functional theory (DFT) is widely used for studies of large molecules and solids. Restriction of an exact mean-field theory to local potential functions has recently been questioned.…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Robert K. Nesbet

Electronic structures are fully determined by the exchange-correlation (XC) potential. In this work, we develop a new method to construct reliable XC potentials by properly mixing the exact exchange and the local density approximation…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Chen Huang

We construct a nonlocal density functional approximation with full exact exchange, while preserving the constraint-satisfaction approach and justified error cancellations of simpler semilocal functionals. This is achieved by interpolating…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 John P. Perdew , Viktor N. Staroverov , Jianmin Tao , Gustavo E. Scuseria

To explore the applicability of orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT) in nuclear physics, we perform a systematic benchmark of 36 one-point kinetic energy density functionals, which are originally developed for electron systems in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-20 Tian Shuai Shang , Jian Li , Haozhao Liang , Xinhui Wu , Cheng Ma , Wenhui Mi , Xuecheng Shao , Yanchao Wang

Accurate approximation of the exchange-correlation (XC) energy in density functional theory (DFT) calculations is essential for reliably modelling electronic systems. Many such approximations are developed from models of the XC hole;…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 Lin Hou , Tom J. P. Irons , Yanyong Wang , James W. Furness , Andrew M. Wibowo-Teale , Jianwei Sun

Density functional theory (DFT) is a widespread and effective tool in electronic structure calculations for ground-state electron systems. Its success has prompted exploration into the use of DFT for non-collective excited states. The delta…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Ethan Pollack , Rohan Maniar , John P. Perdew

We present the self-consistent implementation of current-dependent (hybrid) meta generalized gradient approximation (mGGA) density functionals using London atomic orbitals. A previously proposed generalized kinetic energy density is…