Replacing hybrid density functional theory: motivation and recent advances

BG Janesko - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Density functional theory (DFT) is the most widely-used electronic structure approximation
across chemistry, physics, and materials science. Every year, thousands of papers report …

Understanding density-driven errors for reaction barrier heights

AD Kaplan, C Shahi, P Bhetwal, RK Sah… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Delocalization errors, such as charge-transfer and some self-interaction errors, plague
computationally efficient and otherwise accurate density functional approximations (DFAs) …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of self-interaction error on electrostatic dipoles calculated using density functional theory

AI Johnson, KPK Withanage, K Sharkas… - The Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Spurious electron self-interaction in density functional approximations (DFAs) can lead to
inaccurate predictions of charge transfer in heteronuclear molecules that manifest as errors …

Self-interaction correction in water–ion clusters

K Wagle, B Santra, P Bhattarai, C Shahi… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We study the importance of self-interaction errors in density functional approximations for
various water–ion clusters. We have employed the Fermi–Löwdin orbital self-interaction …

Self-consistent implementation of locally scaled self-interaction-correction method

Y Yamamoto, T Baruah, PH Chang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Recently proposed local self-interaction correction (LSIC) method [Zope et al., J. Chem.
Phys. 151, 214108 (2019)] is a one-electron self-interaction-correction (SIC) method that …

Ensemble generalization of the Perdew–Zunger self-interaction correction: A way out of multiple minima and symmetry breaking

S Schwalbe, WT Schulze, K Trepte… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The Perdew–Zunger (PZ) self-interaction correction (SIC) is an established tool to correct
unphysical behavior in density functional approximations. Yet, the PZ-SIC is well-known to …

Downward quantum learning from element 118: Automated generation of Fermi–Löwdin orbitals for all atoms

MR Pederson, AI Johnson, KPK Withanage… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A new algorithm based on a rigorous theorem and quantum data computationally mined
from element 118 guarantees automated construction of initial Fermi–Löwdin-Orbital (FLO) …

[HTML][HTML] PyFLOSIC: Python-based Fermi–Löwdin orbital self-interaction correction

S Schwalbe, L Fiedler, J Kraus, J Kortus… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We present pyflosic, an open-source, general-purpose python implementation of the Fermi–
Löwdin orbital self-interaction correction (FLO-SIC), which is based on the python simulation …

[HTML][HTML] Spin-crossover complexes: Self-interaction correction vs density correction

S Ruan, KA Jackson, A Ruzsinszky - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Complexes containing a transition metal atom with a 3d 4–3d 7 electron configuration
typically have two low-lying, high-spin (HS) and low-spin (LS) states. The adiabatic energy …

Fermi-Löwdin-orbital self-interaction correction using the optimized-effective-potential method within the Krieger-Li-Iafrate approximation

CM Diaz, T Baruah, RR Zope - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
The Perdew-Zunger self-interaction correction (PZ-SIC) offers a route to remove self-
interaction errors on an orbital-by-orbital basis. A recent formulation of PZ-SIC by Pederson …