The predictive power of exact constraints and appropriate norms in density functional theory

AD Kaplan, M Levy, JP Perdew - Annual Review of Physical …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Ground-state Kohn-Sham density functional theory provides, in principle, the exact ground-
state energy and electronic spin densities of real interacting electrons in a static external …

Accurate and Numerically Efficient r2SCAN Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation

JW Furness, AD Kaplan, J Ning… - The journal of physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The recently proposed rSCAN functional [J. Chem. Phys. 2019 150, 161101] is a regularized
form of the SCAN functional [Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015 115, 036402] that improves SCAN's …

High-temperature topological superconductivity in twisted double-layer copper oxides

O Can, T Tummuru, RP Day, I Elfimov, A Damascelli… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Various phenomena occur when two-dimensional materials, such as graphene or transition
metal dichalcogenides, are assembled into bilayers with a twist between the individual …

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 …

Origin of band gaps in 3d perovskite oxides

J Varignon, M Bibes, A Zunger - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
With their broad range of properties, ABO3 transition metal perovskite oxides have long
served as a platform for device applications and as a testing bed for different condensed …

Topotactic Hydrogen in Nickelate Superconductors and Akin Infinite-Layer Oxides

L Si, W Xiao, J Kaufmann, JM Tomczak, Y Lu, Z Zhong… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
Superconducting nickelates appear to be difficult to synthesize. Since the chemical
reduction of ABO 3 [rare earth (A), transition metal (B)] with CaH 2 may result in both ABO 2 …

Selective formation of metastable polymorphs in solid-state synthesis

Y Zeng, NJ Szymanski, T He, KJ Jun, LC Gallington… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Metastable polymorphs often result from the interplay between thermodynamics and
kinetics. Despite advances in predictive synthesis for solution-based techniques, there …

Performance of the strongly constrained and appropriately normed density functional for solid-state materials

EB Isaacs, C Wolverton - Physical Review Materials, 2018 - APS
Constructed to satisfy 17 known exact constraints for a semilocal density functional, the
strongly constrained and appropriately normed (SCAN) meta-generalized-gradient …

Magnetic and f-electron effects in LaNiO2 and NdNiO2 nickelates with cuprate-like band

R Zhang, C Lane, B Singh, J Nokelainen… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent discovery of superconductivity in the doped infinite-layer nickelates has renewed
interest in understanding the nature of high-temperature superconductivity more generally …

Antiferromagnetic ground state of : A parameter-free ab initio description

C Lane, JW Furness, IG Buda, Y Zhang, RS Markiewicz… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We show how an accurate first-principles treatment of the antiferromagnetic ground state of
La 2 CuO 4 can be obtained without invoking any free parameters such as the Hubbard U …