First-principles calculation methods for obtaining scattering waves to investigate transport properties of nanostructures

T Ono, Y Fujimoto, S Tsukamoto - Quantum Matter, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Recent developments in the fabrication and investigation of atomic-sized conductors have
enabled the construction of electronic devices of less than 100 nanometers. In this review …

Real-space grids and the Octopus code as tools for the development of new simulation approaches for electronic systems

X Andrade, D Strubbe, U De Giovannini… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Real-space grids are a powerful alternative for the simulation of electronic systems. One of
the main advantages of the approach is the flexibility and simplicity of working directly in real …

Atomic corrugation and electron localization due to Moiré patterns in twisted bilayer graphenes

K Uchida, S Furuya, JI Iwata, A Oshiyama - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We report on unprecedentedly large-scale density-functional calculations that clarify atomic
and electronic structures of twisted bilayer graphene (BLG). We find the existence of the …

Methods in electronic structure calculations

DR Bowler, T Miyazaki - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Linear-scaling methods, or methods, have computational and memory requirements which
scale linearly with the number of atoms in the system, N, in contrast to standard approaches …

Establishing the accuracy of broadly used density functionals in describing bulk properties of transition metals

P Janthon, SM Kozlov, F Vines… - Journal of Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The performance of various commonly used density functionals is established by comparing
calculated values of atomic structure data, cohesive energies, and bulk moduli of all …

Parallel solution of partial symmetric eigenvalue problems from electronic structure calculations

T Auckenthaler, V Blum, HJ Bungartz, T Huckle… - Parallel Computing, 2011 - Elsevier
The computation of selected eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a symmetric (Hermitian)
matrix is an important subtask in many contexts, for example in electronic structure …

Absence and presence of Dirac electrons in silicene on substrates

ZX Guo, S Furuya, J Iwata, A Oshiyama - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2013 - APS
We report on the total-energy electronic-structure calculations on the basis of the density-
functional theory that clarify atomic and electronic structures of the silicene on the Ag (111) …

Linear scaling self-consistent field calculations with millions of atoms in the condensed phase

J VandeVondele, U Borstnik… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this work, the applicability and performance of a linear scaling algorithm is investigated for
three-dimensional condensed phase systems. A simple but robust approach based on the …

[HTML][HTML] RESPACK: An ab initio tool for derivation of effective low-energy model of material

K Nakamura, Y Yoshimoto, Y Nomura, T Tadano… - Computer Physics …, 2021 - Elsevier
RESPACK is a first-principles calculation software for evaluating the interaction parameters
of materials and is able to calculate maximally localized Wannier functions, response …

Computational studies of doped nanostructures

JR Chelikowsky, MMG Alemany, TL Chan… - Reports on Progress …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the most challenging issues in materials physics is to predict the properties of defects
in matter. Such defects play an important role in functionalizing materials for use in …