Combining machine learning and computational chemistry for predictive insights into chemical systems

JA Keith, V Vassilev-Galindo, B Cheng… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Machine learning models are poised to make a transformative impact on chemical sciences
by dramatically accelerating computational algorithms and amplifying insights available from …

Orbital-free density functional theory: An attractive electronic structure method for large-scale first-principles simulations

W Mi, K Luo, SB Trickey, M Pavanello - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Kohn–Sham Density Functional Theory (KSDFT) is the most widely used electronic structure
method in chemistry, physics, and materials science, with thousands of calculations cited …

Orbital-free density functional theory for materials research

WC Witt, BG Del Rio, JM Dieterich… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Orbital-free density functional theory (OFDFT) is both grounded in quantum physics and
suitable for direct simulation of thousands of atoms. This article describes the application of …

Overcoming the barrier of orbital-free density functional theory for molecular systems using deep learning

H Zhang, S Liu, J You, C Liu, S Zheng, Z Lu… - Nature Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
Orbital-free density functional theory (OFDFT) is a quantum chemistry formulation that has a
lower cost scaling than the prevailing Kohn–Sham DFT, which is increasingly desired for …

The analysis of electron densities: from basics to emergent applications

D Koch, M Pavanello, X Shao, M Ihara… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electron density determines all properties of a system of nuclei and electrons. It is both
computable and observable. Its topology allows gaining insight into the mechanisms of …

Frontiers in the simulation of dislocations

N Bertin, RB Sills, W Cai - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Dislocations play a vital role in the mechanical behavior of crystalline materials during
deformation. To capture dislocation phenomena across all relevant scales, a multiscale …

Nonlocal pseudopotential energy density functional for orbital-free density functional theory

Q Xu, C Ma, W Mi, Y Wang, Y Ma - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT) is an electronic structure method with a low
computational cost that scales linearly with the number of simulated atoms, making it …

Hybrid density-potential functional theory of electric double layers

J Huang - Electrochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a field theoretic derivation for the free energy of the electrolyte solution. A
reference system is introduced to describe non-electrostatic interactions, notably hard …

Chemical transformations and transport phenomena at interfaces

H Hao, L Ruiz Pestana, J Qian, M Liu… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interfaces, the boundary that separates two or more chemical compositions and/or phases of
matter, alters basic chemical and physical properties including the thermodynamics of …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlocal kinetic energy functionals by functional integration

W Mi, A Genova, M Pavanello - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Since the seminal studies of Thomas and Fermi, researchers in the Density-Functional
Theory (DFT) community are searching for accurate electron density functionals. Arguably …