[HTML][HTML] DFTB+, a software package for efficient approximate density functional theory based atomistic simulations

B Hourahine, B Aradi, V Blum, F Bonafe… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
DFTB+ is a versatile community developed open source software package offering fast and
efficient methods for carrying out atomistic quantum mechanical simulations. By …

Divide-and-conquer linear-scaling quantum chemical computations

H Nakai, M Kobayashi, T Yoshikawa… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fragmentation and embedding schemes are of great importance when applying quantum-
chemical calculations to more complex and attractive targets. The divide-and-conquer (DC) …

A density functional tight binding layer for deep learning of chemical Hamiltonians

H Li, C Collins, M Tanha, GJ Gordon… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Current neural networks for predictions of molecular properties use quantum chemistry only
as a source of training data. This paper explores models that use quantum chemistry as an …

Machine learning method for tight-binding Hamiltonian parameterization from ab-initio band structure

Z Wang, S Ye, H Wang, J He, Q Huang… - npj Computational …, 2021 - nature.com
The tight-binding (TB) method is an ideal candidate for determining electronic and transport
properties for a large-scale system. It describes the system as real-space Hamiltonian …

DFTB-assisted global structure optimization of 13-and 55-atom late transition metal clusters

M Van den Bossche - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2019 - ACS Publications
Finding globally optimal structures of nanoclusters is critically important to understand their
physicochemical properties but remains prohibitively expensive even with comparatively …

Development of Divide‐and‐Conquer Density‐Functional Tight‐Binding Method for Theoretical Research on Li‐Ion Battery

CP Chou, AW Sakti, Y Nishimura… - The Chemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The density‐functional tight‐binding (DFTB) method is one of the useful quantum chemical
methods, which provides a good balance between accuracy and computational efficiency. In …

Efficient Parameterization of Density Functional Tight-Binding for 5f-Elements: A Th–O Case Study

C Liu, NF Aguirre, MJ Cawkwell… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Density functional tight binding (DFTB) models for f-element species are challenging to
parametrize owing to the large number of adjustable parameters. The explicit optimization of …

Efficient predictions of formation energies and convex hulls from density functional tight binding calculations

A Kumar, ZA Ali, BM Wong - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Defects in materials significantly alter their electronic and structural properties, which affect
the performance of electronic devices, structural alloys, and functional materials. However …

Neural network force fields for simple metals and semiconductors: construction and application to the calculation of phonons and melting temperatures

MRG Marques, J Wolff, C Steigemann… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a practical procedure to obtain reliable and unbiased neural network based
force fields for solids. Training and test sets are efficiently generated from global structural …

Unveiling planar defects in hexagonal group IV materials

EMT Fadaly, A Marzegalli, Y Ren, L Sun, A Dijkstra… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recently synthesized hexagonal group IV materials are a promising platform to realize
efficient light emission that is closely integrated with electronics. A high crystal quality is …