[HTML][HTML] Semilocal exchange-correlation potentials for solid-state calculations: Current status and future directions

F Tran, J Doumont, L Kalantari, AW Huran… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Kohn-Sham (KS) density functional theory (DFT) is a very efficient method for calculating
various properties of solids as, for instance, the total energy, the electron density, or the …

Meta-GGA SCAN functional in the prediction of ground state properties of magnetic materials: Review of the current state

V Sokolovskiy, D Baigutlin, O Miroshkina… - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this review, we consider state-of-the-art density functional theory (DFT) investigations of
strongly correlated systems performed with the meta-generalized gradient approximation …

Unraveling the Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Layered Conductive Metal‐Organic Framework With Atomic Precision

Z Meng, CG Jones, S Farid, IU Khan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes structural elucidation of a layered conductive metal‐organic framework
(MOF) material Cu3 (C6O6) 2 by microcrystal electron diffraction with sub‐angstrom …

Boosting the Photoluminescence Efficiency of InAs Nanocrystals Synthesized with Aminoarsine via a ZnSe Thick‐Shell Overgrowth

D Zhu, H Bahmani Jalali, G Saleh… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
InAs‐based nanocrystals can enable restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) compliant
optoelectronic devices, but their photoluminescence efficiency needs improvement. We …

[HTML][HTML] Many recent density functionals are numerically ill-behaved

S Lehtola, MAL Marques - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Most computational studies in chemistry and materials science are based on the use of
density functional theory. Although the exact density functional is unknown, several density …

Right band gaps for the right reason at low computational cost with a meta-GGA

T Lebeda, T Aschebrock, J Sun, L Leppert… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
In density functional theory, traditional explicit density functionals such as the local density
approximation and generalized gradient approximations cannot accurately predict the band …

[HTML][HTML] Bandgap of two-dimensional materials: Thorough assessment of modern exchange–correlation functionals

F Tran, J Doumont, L Kalantari, P Blaha… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The density-functional theory (DFT) approximations that are the most accurate for the
calculation of bandgap of bulk materials are hybrid functionals, such as HSE06, the modified …

Efficient and improved prediction of the band offsets at semiconductor heterojunctions from meta-GGA density functionals: A benchmark study

A Ghosh, S Jana, T Rauch, F Tran… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Accurate theoretical prediction of the band offsets at interfaces of semiconductor
heterostructures can often be quite challenging. Although density functional theory has been …

Simple and effective screening parameter for range-separated dielectric-dependent hybrids

S Jana, A Ghosh, LA Constantin, P Samal - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
A simple effective screening parameter for the screened range-separated exchange-
correlation hybrid functional is constructed from the compressibility sum rule, in the context …

Relevance of the Pauli kinetic energy density for semilocal functionals

B Patra, S Jana, LA Constantin, P Samal - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
A meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA) exchange functional, based only on
the Pauli kinetic enhancement factor, is proposed for quantum chemistry and solid-state …