Kinetic‐energy‐density dependent semilocal exchange‐correlation functionals

F Della Sala, E Fabiano… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present the theory of semilocal exchange‐correlation (XC) energy functionals which
depend on the Kohn–Sham kinetic energy density (KED), including the relevant class of …

Dispersion-corrected PBEsol exchange-correlation functional

AV Terentjev, LA Constantin, JM Pitarke - Physical review B, 2018 - APS
We study the compatibility between the PBEsol exchange-correlation energy functional of
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 136406 (2008) PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett …

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 …

Efficient band gap prediction of semiconductors and insulators from a semilocal exchange-correlation functional

B Patra, S Jana, LA Constantin, P Samal - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
A semilocal exchange-correlation functional is proposed with the efficient prediction of the
solid-state band gap. The underlying construction of the exchange functional is based on the …

Accurate density functional made more versatile

S Jana, SK Behera, S Śmiga, LA Constantin… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We propose a one-electron self-interaction-free correlation energy functional compatible
with the order-of-limit problem-free Tao–Mo (TM) semilocal functional (regTM)[J. Tao and Y …

Adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation DFT for the structural properties of solids—The renormalized ALDA and electron gas kernels

CE Patrick, KS Thygesen - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We present calculations of the correlation energies of crystalline solids and isolated systems
within the adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation formulation of density-functional …

Laplacian-level kinetic energy approximations based on the fourth-order gradient expansion: Global assessment and application to the subsystem formulation of …

S Laricchia, LA Constantin, E Fabiano… - Journal of chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We tested Laplacian-level meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA)
noninteracting kinetic energy functionals based on the fourth-order gradient expansion …

Semiclassical atom theory applied to solid-state physics

LA Constantin, A Terentjevs, F Della Sala, P Cortona… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Using the semiclassical neutral atom theory, we extend to fourth order the modified gradient
expansion of the exchange energy of density functional theory. This expansion can be …

Improving the performance of Tao–Mo non-empirical density functional with broader applicability in quantum chemistry and materials science

S Jana, K Sharma, P Samal - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2019 - ACS Publications
A revised version of the semilocal exchange-correlation functional [Tao, J.; Mo, Y. Phys. Rev.
Lett. 2016, 117, 073001](TM) is proposed by incorporating the modifications to its correlation …