Electronic-structure methods for materials design

N Marzari, A Ferretti, C Wolverton - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
The accuracy and efficiency of electronic-structure methods to understand, predict and
design the properties of materials has driven a new paradigm in research. Simulations can …

Tin-based group IV semiconductors: New platforms for opto-and microelectronics on silicon

J Kouvetakis, J Menendez… - Annu. Rev. Mater …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract New classes of Sn-containing group IV semiconductors are described. Novel CVD
routes lead to growth of a broad range of Ge1− y Sn y alloys and compounds directly on Si …

First-principles responses of solids to atomic displacements and homogeneous electric fields: Implementation of a conjugate-gradient algorithm

X Gonze - Physical Review B, 1997 - APS
The changes in density, wave functions, and self-consistent potentials of solids, in response
to small atomic displacements or infinitesimal homogeneous electric fields, are considered …

Automating first-principles phase diagram calculations

A van de Walle, G Ceder - Journal of Phase Equilibria, 2002 - Springer
Devising a computational tool that assesses the thermodynamic stability of materials is
among the most important steps required to build a “virtual laboratory,” where materials …

Virtual crystal approximation revisited: Application to dielectric and piezoelectric properties of perovskites

L Bellaiche, D Vanderbilt - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
We present an approach to the implementation of the virtual crystal approximation (VCA) for
the study of properties of solid solutions in the context of density-functional methods. Our …

Calculation of the magnetic anisotropy with projected-augmented-wave methodology and the case study of disordered alloys

S Steiner, S Khmelevskyi, M Marsmann, G Kresse - Physical review B, 2016 - APS
The magnetic anisotropy energy of tetragonally distorted disordered alloys Fe 1− x Co x is
calculated by two different virtual crystal approximation methods and an averaged supercell …

Adiabatic density-functional perturbation theory

X Gonze - Physical Review A, 1995 - APS
The treatment of adiabatic perturbations within density-functional theory is examined, at
arbitrary order of the perturbation expansion. Due to the extremal property of the energy …

Perspective on ab initio phonon thermal transport

L Lindsay, A Katre, A Cepellotti, N Mingo - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT Coupling of the Peierls-Boltzmann equation with density functional theory
paved the way for predictive thermal materials discovery and a variety of new physical …

Efficient cluster expansion for substitutional systems

DB Laks, LG Ferreira, S Froyen, A Zunger - Physical Review B, 1992 - APS
We demonstrate a cluster expansion technique that is capable of accurately predicting
formation energies in binary substitutional systems—even for those with large atomic …

Cu-Au, Ag-Au, Cu-Ag, and Ni-Au intermetallics: First-principles study of temperature-composition phase diagrams and structures

V Ozoliņš, C Wolverton, A Zunger - Physical Review B, 1998 - APS
The classic metallurgical systems—noble-metal alloys—that have formed the benchmark for
various alloy theories are revisited. First-principles fully relaxed general-potential linearized …