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HfO$_2$-based ferroelectrics have emerged as promising materials for advanced nanoelectronics, with their robust polarization and silicon compatibility making them ideal for high-density, non-volatile memory applications. Oxygen vacancies,…

We have applied the many-body ab-initio diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (DMC) method to study Zn and ZnO crystals under pressure, and the energetics of the oxygen vacancy, zinc interstitial and hydrogen impurities in ZnO. We show that DMC is…

Using ab initio density functional total energy and molecular dynamics simulations, we study the effects of various forms of nitrogen post deposition anneal (PDA) on the electric properties of hafnia in the context of its application as a…

We perform ab initio calculations, based on density functional theory, of substitutional and vacancy defects in the monoclinic hafnium oxide (m-HfO2) and alpha-quartz (SiO2). The neutral oxygen vacancies and substitutional Si and Hf defects…

We investigate the behavior of oxygen vacancies in three different metal-oxide semiconductors (rutile and anatase TiO2, monoclinic WO3, and tetragonal ZrO2) using a recently proposed hybrid density-functional method in which the fraction of…

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,…

We perform first-principles calculations of the quasiparticle defect states, charge transition levels, and formation energies of oxygen vacancies in rutile titanium dioxide. The calculations are done within the recently developed combined…

The energetics of point defects in oxide materials plays a major role in determining their high-temperature properties, but experimental measurements are difficult, and calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) are not…

Hybrid functionals and empirical correction schemes are compared to conventional semi-local density functional theory (DFT) calculations in order to assess the predictive power of these methods concerning the formation energy and the charge…

Phonon-based approaches and molecular dynamics are widely established methods for gaining access to a temperature-dependent description of material properties. However, when a compound's phase space is vast, density-functional-theory-backed…

Defect energy formation, lattice distortions and electronic structure of cubic In2O3 with Sn, Ga and O impurities were theoretically investigated using density functional theory. Different types of point defects, consisting of 1 to 4 atoms…

Semiconducting oxides possess a variety of intriguing electronic, optical, and magnetic properties, and native defects play a crucial role in these systems. In this study, we study the influence of native defects on these properties of…

Density functional theory (DFT) is widely used to study defects in monolayer graphene with a view to applications ranging from water filtration to electronics to investigation of radiation damage in graphite moderators. To assess the…

We use density functional theory (DFT) with non-empirically tuned screened range-separated hybrid (SRSH) functionals to calculate the electronic properties of native zinc and oxygen vacancy point defects in ZnO, and we predict their defect…

Defects such as oxygen vacancy are widely considered to be critical for the performance of HfO2-based devices, and yet atomistic mechanisms underlying various exotic effects such as wake-up and fluid imprint remain elusive. Here, guided by…

We calculate the quasiparticle defect states and charge transition levels of oxygen vacancies in monoclinic hafnia. The charge transition levels, although they are thermodynamic quantities, can be critically dependent on the band gap owing…

We perform full-potential screened-hybrid density-functional theory (DFT) calculations to compare the thermodynamic stability of neutral and charged states of the surface oxygen vacancy at the rutile TiO$_2$(110) surface. Solid-state…

The oxygen vacancy formation energy ($\Delta E_{vf}$) governs defect dynamics and is a useful metric to perform materials selection for a variety of applications. However, density functional theory (DFT) calculations of $\Delta E_{vf}$ come…

Certain point defects in solids can efficiently be used as qubits for applications in quantum technology. They have spin states that are initializable, readable, robust, and can be manipulated optically. New theoretical methods are needed…

Manipulating oxygen vacancies in strongly correlated rare-earth nickelate perovskites (RNiO$_3$) enables the tuning of their elusive metal-insulator transition (MIT), providing a better handle for control over their electronic properties.…