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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…

We train a neural network as the universal exchange-correlation functional of density-functional theory that simultaneously reproduces both the exact exchange-correlation energy and potential. This functional is extremely non-local, but…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-10 Jonathan Schmidt , Carlos L. Benavides-Riveros , Miguel A. L. Marques

Neural operators are capable of capturing nonlinear mappings between infinite-dimensional functional spaces, offering a data-driven approach to modeling complex functional relationships in classical density functional theory (cDFT). In this…

An overview of several recent developments in density functional theory for classical inhomogeneous liquids is given. We show how Levy's constrained search method can be used to derive the variational principle that underlies density…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-01-01 M. Schmidt , M. Burgis , W. S. B. Dwandaru , G. Leithall , P. Hopkins

We revisit the machine-learning (ML) approach to the universal density functional $F[\mathbf{n}]$ of the one-dimensional Hubbard model with a site-dependent random potential $\mathbf{v}=\{v_{i}\}$. We generate exact ground-state data via…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-03 Octavio D. R. Salmon , Minos A. Neto , J. Roberto Viana , Griffith Mendonça

In the present paper we give a brief summary of some recent theoretical advances in the treatment of inhomogeneous fluids and methods which have applications in the study of dynamical properties of liquids in situations of extreme…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-07-15 Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi , Simone Melchionna

The primitive model describes ions by point charges with an additional hard-core interaction. In classical density-functional theory the mean-field electrostatic contribution can be obtained from the first order of a functional perturbation…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-04-06 Moritz Bültmann , Andreas Härtel

Classical density functional theory (cDFT) and dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) are modern statistical mechanical theories for modeling many-body colloidal systems at the one-body density level. The theories hinge on knowing the…

We describe recent progress in the statistical mechanical description of many-body systems via machine learning combined with concepts from density functional theory and many-body simulations. We argue that the neural functional theory by…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-04-04 Florian Sammüller , Sophie Hermann , Matthias Schmidt

The standard model of classical Density Functional Theory for pair potentials consists of a hard-sphere functional plus a mean-field term accounting for long ranged attraction. However, most implementations using sophisticated Fundamental…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 James F. Lutsko , Cédric Schoonen

A key challenge for soft materials design and coarse-graining simulations is determining interaction potentials between components that give rise to desired condensed-phase structures. In theory, the Ornstein-Zernike equation provides an…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-02-22 Rhys E. A. Goodall , Alpha A. Lee

We present a brief review of the classical density functional theory of atomic and molecular fluids. We focus on the application of the theory to the determination of the solvation properties of arbitrary molecular solutes in arbitrary…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-04-06 Guillaume Jeanmairet , Maximilien Levesque , Volodymyr Sergiievskyi , Daniel Borgis

Density functional theory underlies the most successful and widely used numerical methods for electronic structure prediction of solids. However, it has the fundamental shortcoming that the universal density functional is unknown. In…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-09-23 M. Michael Denner , Mark H. Fischer , Titus Neupert

Machine learning is a powerful tool to design accurate, highly non-local, exchange-correlation functionals for density functional theory. So far, most of those machine learned functionals are trained for systems with an integer number of…

The atomic-scale response of inhomogeneous fluids at interfaces and surrounding solute particles plays a critical role in governing chemical, electrochemical and biological processes at such interfaces. Classical molecular dynamics…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-28 Kamron Fazel , Nima Karimitari , Tanooj Shah , Christopher Sutton , Ravishankar Sundararaman

We argue in favour of developing a comprehensive dynamical theory for rationalizing, predicting, designing, and machine learning nonequilibrium phenomena that occur in soft matter. To give guidance for navigating the theoretical and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-02-28 Daniel de las Heras , Toni Zimmermann , Florian Sammüller , Sophie Hermann , Matthias Schmidt

Functionals that strive to correct for such self-interaction errors, such as those obtained by imposing the Perdew-Zunger self-interaction correction or the generalized Koopmans' condition, become orbital dependent or orbital-density…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-08-30 Cheol-Hwan Park , Andrea Ferretti , Ismaila Dabo , Nicolas Poilvert , Nicola Marzari

We reexamine the recently introduced basis-set correction theory based on density-functional theory consisting in correcting the basis-set incompleteness error of wave-function methods using a density functional. We use a one-dimensional…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-02-16 Diata Traore , Emmanuel Giner , Julien Toulouse

A simple model is proposed for the direct correlation function (DCF) for simple fluids consisting of a hard-core contribution, a simple parametrized core correction, and a mean-field tail. The model requires as input only the free energy of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-10-08 James F. Lutsko

Accurate and efficient theoretical techniques for describing ionic fluids are highly desirable for many applications across the physical, biological and materials sciences. With a rigorous statistical mechanical foundation, classical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-14 Anna T. Bui , Stephen J. Cox