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Density-functional theory with on-site $U$ and inter-site $V$ Hubbard corrections (DFT+$U$+$V$) is a powerful and accurate method for predicting various properties of transition-metal compounds. However, its accuracy depends critically on…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-23 Wooil Yang , Iurii Timrov , Francesco Aquilante , Young-Woo Son

To apply the Hubbard-corrected density-functional theory for predicting some known materials' properties, the Hubbard parameters are usually so tuned that the calculations give results in agreement with some experimental data and then one…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-06-13 Mahmoud Payami , Samira Sheykhi , Mohammad-Reza Basaadat

We develop a generalization of the Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) + Hubbard $U$ (DFT+$U$) method to the excited-state regime. This has the form of Hubbard $U$ corrected linear-response time-dependent DFT, or `TDDFT+$U$'.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-04-24 Okan K. Orhan , David D. O'Regan

We propose a self-consistent site-dependent Hubbard $U$ approach for DFT+$U$ calculations of defects in complex transition-metal oxides, using Hubbard parameters computed via linear-response theory. The formation of a defect locally…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-04-04 Chiara Ricca , Iurii Timrov , Matteo Cococcioni , Nicola Marzari , Ulrich Aschauer

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

Density functional theory (DFT) has been widely applied to a variety of realistic materials but often struggles to explain the properties of correlated systems. The DFT + U method, which introduces a Hubbard U correction to the DFT, has…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-20 Ju Hyeon Lee , Bongjae Kim

DFT+U provides a convenient, cost-effective correction for the self-interaction error (SIE) that arises when describing correlated electronic states using conventional approximate density functional theory (DFT). The success of a DFT+U(+J)…

Density-functional theory with extended Hubbard functionals (DFT+$U$+$V$) provides a robust framework to accurately describe complex materials containing transition-metal or rare-earth elements. It does so by mitigating self-interaction…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-30 Martin Uhrin , Austin Zadoks , Luca Binci , Nicola Marzari , Iurii Timrov

A density functional theory (DFT) approach to computing transition metal oxide heat of formation without adjustable parameters is presented. Different degrees of $d$-electron localization in oxides are treated within the DFT+$U$ approach…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-01 Johannes Voss

The magnetic state of UO$_2$ was determined experimentally to be anti-ferromagnetic. Starting from this experimental fact, researchers have calculated other properties within the Hubbard-corrected density-functional theory, DFT+U. Up to…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-03 Mahmoud Payami

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 formalism of electronic density-functional-theory, with Hubbard-U corrections (DFT+U), is employed in a computational study of the energetics of U_{1-x} Ce_x O_2 mixtures. The computational approach makes use of a procedure which…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-03-08 B. E. Hanken , C. R. Stanek , N. Grønbech-Jensen , M. Asta

Accurate predictions of material properties within the chemical space of transition metal fluorides (TMFs), using density functional theory (DFT) is important for advancing several technological applications. The state-of-the-art semi-local…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-17 Dereje Bekele Tekliye , Gopalakrishnan Sai Gautam

Transition-metal compounds (TMCs) with open-shell d-electrons are characterized by a complex interplay of lattice, charge, orbital, and spin degrees of freedom, giving rise to a diverse range of fascinating applications. Often exhibiting…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-19 Yubo Zhang , Akilan Ramasamy , Kanun Pokharel , James W. Furness , Jinliang Ning , Ruiqi Zhang , Jianwei Sun

Density functional theory (DFT) underpins modern atomistic simulations of transition-metal surfaces. It can predict key properties linked to catalytic performance, such as adsorption energies and barrier heights, enabling new paradigms in…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-23 Benjamin X. Shi , Timothy C. Berkelbach

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

Electronic correlations beyond static mean-field theories are of fundamental importance in describing the properties of complex materials - such as transition-metal oxides - where the low-energy physics is driven by localized d or f…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-17 Mario Caserta , Tommaso Chiarotti , Marco Vanzini , Nicola Marzari

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

Contradictory theoretical results for oxygen vacancies in SrTiO$_3$ (STO) were often related to the peculiar properties of STO, which is a $d^0$ transition metal oxide with mixed ionic-covalent bonding. Here, we apply, for the first time,…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-07-01 Chiara Ricca , Iurii Timrov , Matteo Cococcioni , Nicola Marzari , Ulrich Aschauer

In the context of the modified Becke-Johnson (mBJ) potential, we recently underlined that $\bar{g}$, the average of $\left\vert\nabla\rho\right\vert/\rho$ in the unit cell, has markedly different values in transition-metal oxides and pure…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-04 Leila Kalantari , Fabien Tran , Peter Blaha
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