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What are some recent developments in density functional theory?
In the book Materials Modelling Using Density Functional Theory: Properties and Predictions by Feliciano Giustino, a timeline of milestones in DFT was given for achievements between 1964 and 1996:
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What are the types of charge analysis?
I am evaluating the atomic charge of a system using inter-atomic potentials and comparing with using DFT. I know about the following types of partial charge: Mulliken, Bader, Qeq. I wonder what are ...
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What are the types of bond orders?
I am studying the interaction of a metal with a nanostructure. As we can not trust graphical software about the bond formation, I decided to analyze them using the software Multiwfn.
It happens that ...
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What are the types of Quantum Monte Carlo?
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What are the types of pseudopotentials?
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Tools for electronic transport calculations
Electronic transport calculations play an important role in device simulation.
What tools can do electronic transport calculation?
I am familiar with TranSIESTA (a module of SIESTA program) and ...
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Are there differences in accuracy and reliability between the frozen phonon method and Density Functional Perturbation Theory?
When proposing or predicting new materials, whether in the bulk or in two dimensions, it is important to discuss the stability of the system. This is usually done through thermodynamics and(or) ...
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What are the types of MCSCF?
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Methods for studying superconductivity?
From Wikipedia, superconductivity is
the set of physical properties observed in certain materials where electrical resistance vanishes and magnetic flux fields are expelled from the material. Any ...
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How to build matter modeling models with appropriate tools?
When we perform matter simulation with first-principles calculation, building a reasonable model always be the very first and important step. However, people utilize different tools to build their ...
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How is SIESTA and TranSIESTA different from plane wave DFT codes?
This question is complementary to a previous question. I have experience with the plane-wave DFT codes VASP and Quantum ESPRESSO. I would like to try SIESTA for the main purpose of using TranSIESTA ...
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What is the difference between BDFT and CDFT (magnetic-field DFT and current DFT)?
Following the previous discussion on DFT in strong fields, I would like to ask about the difference between those two alternatives (BDFT and CDFT). By CDFT I do not mean (constrained DFT, but current ...
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What are the ways to add dynamic correlation to an MCSCF wavefunction?
We recently learned about the many types of MCSCF, which treat "static" electron correlation. There are then many ways to treat further "dynamic" electron correlation to try and ...
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What are the types of DMRG?
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What are the types of PT applied to electronic structure methods?
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Orbital-free DFT and Density Functional Tight-Binding: Comparison [closed]
There are many flavors of DFT that are alternative to, or go beyond the Kohn-Sham formulation (KS-DFT).
Some of these are based on approximations that sacrifice accuracy when compared to KS-DFT, but ...
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