Orbital-free density functional theory: An attractive electronic structure method for large-scale first-principles simulations

W Mi, K Luo, SB Trickey, M Pavanello - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Kohn–Sham Density Functional Theory (KSDFT) is the most widely used electronic structure
method in chemistry, physics, and materials science, with thousands of calculations cited …

Understanding machine‐learned density functionals

L Li, JC Snyder, IM Pelaschier, J Huang… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Machine learning (ML) is an increasingly popular statistical tool for analyzing either
measured or calculated data sets. Here, we explore its application to a well‐defined physics …

Orbital-free density functional theory for materials research

WC Witt, BG Del Rio, JM Dieterich… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Orbital-free density functional theory (OFDFT) is both grounded in quantum physics and
suitable for direct simulation of thousands of atoms. This article describes the application of …

Orbital-free bond breaking via machine learning

JC Snyder, M Rupp, K Hansen, L Blooston… - The Journal of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Using a one-dimensional model, we explore the ability of machine learning to approximate
the non-interacting kinetic energy density functional of diatomics. This nonlinear …

A simple generalized gradient approximation for the noninteracting kinetic energy density functional

K Luo, VV Karasiev, SB Trickey - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
A simple, unconventional, nonempirical, constraint-based orbital-free generalized gradient
approximation (GGA) noninteracting kinetic energy density functional is presented along …

Accelerating equilibration in first-principles molecular dynamics with orbital-free density functional theory

L Fiedler, ZA Moldabekov, X Shao, K Jiang… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
We introduce a practical hybrid approach that combines orbital-free density functional theory
(DFT) with Kohn-Sham DFT for speeding up first-principles molecular dynamics simulations …

Chemical transformations and transport phenomena at interfaces

H Hao, L Ruiz Pestana, J Qian, M Liu… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interfaces, the boundary that separates two or more chemical compositions and/or phases of
matter, alters basic chemical and physical properties including the thermodynamics of …

Orbital-free density functional theory calculation applying semi-local machine-learned kinetic energy density functional and kinetic potential

M Fujinami, R Kageyama, J Seino, Y Ikabata… - Chemical Physics …, 2020 - Elsevier
This letter proposes a scheme of orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT) calculation
for optimizing electron density based on a semi-local machine-learned (ML) kinetic energy …

Performance of semilocal kinetic energy functionals for orbital-free density functional theory

LA Constantin, E Fabiano… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We assess several generalized gradient approximations (GGAs) and Laplacian-level meta-
GGAs (LL-MGGA) kinetic energy (KE) functionals for orbital-free density functional theory …

Frank discussion of the status of ground-state orbital-free DFT

VV Karasiev, SB Trickey - Advances in quantum chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
FE Harris has been a significant partner in our work on orbital-free density functional
approximations for use in ab initio molecular dynamics. Here we mention briefly the …