van der Waals forces in density functional theory: a review of the vdW-DF method

K Berland, VR Cooper, K Lee, E Schröder… - Reports on Progress …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A density functional theory (DFT) that accounts for van der Waals (vdW) interactions in
condensed matter, materials physics, chemistry, and biology is reviewed. The insights that …

Hydrogen-bonded small-molecular crystals yielding strong ferroelectric and antiferroelectric polarizations

S Horiuchi, S Ishibashi - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2020 - journals.jps.jp
The development of organic ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics with significantly improved
performances has recently increased. Their attractive features are environmentally benign …

Small-molecule adsorption in open-site metal–organic frameworks: a systematic density functional theory study for rational design

K Lee, JD Howe, LC Lin, B Smit… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Using density functional theory, we systematically compute and investigate the binding
enthalpies of 14 different small molecules in a series of isostructural metal–organic …

Next-generation nonlocal van der Waals density functional

D Chakraborty, K Berland… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fundamental ideas for a nonlocal density functional theory—capable of reliably
capturing van der Waals interactions—were already conceived in the 1990s. In 2004, a …

Ferroelectricity in organic materials: from materials characteristics to de novo design

H Liu, Y Ye, X Zhang, T Yang, W Wen… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular chemistry exploits weak, reversible interactions to form complex structures
from simple components, which offers a solution for designing new ferroelectric materials …

Towards an accurate description of perovskite ferroelectrics: exchange and correlation effects

SF Yuk, KC Pitike, SM Nakhmanson, M Eisenbach… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Using the van der Waals density functional with C09 exchange (vdW-DF-C09), which has
been applied to describing a wide range of dispersion-bound systems, we explore the …

Screening nature of the van der Waals density functional method: A review and analysis of the many-body physics foundation

P Hyldgaard, Y Jiao, V Shukla - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the screening nature and many-body physics foundation of the van der Waals
density functional (vdW-DF) method [Berland K et al 2015 Rep. Prog. Phys. 78 066501], a …

Ab initio study of the structure, isotope effects, and vibrational properties in KDP crystals

R Menchón, G Colizzi, C Johnston, F Torresi, J Lasave… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The lattice dynamics of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) and its deuterated analog
DKDP was studied via first-principles DFT calculations. A thorough assessment of the quality …

Exploring short strong hydrogen bonds engineered in organic acid molecular crystals for temperature dependent proton migration behaviour using single crystal …

LK Saunders, H Nowell, LE Hatcher, HJ Shepherd… - …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Seven multi-component molecular crystals containing O–H⋯ O/O+–H⋯ O− and N+–H⋯ O−
short strong hydrogen bonds (SSHBs) have been engineered by combining substituted …

Reversible Thermosalient Effect of N′-2-Propylidene-4-hydroxybenzohydrazide Accompanied by an Immense Negative Compressibility: Structural and Theoretical …

I Lončarić, J Popović, V Despoja… - Crystal growth & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The temperature-induced reversible phase transition of N′-2-propylidene-4-
hydroxybenzohydrazide from the polymorphic Form II to Form III, and vice versa, is …