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 …

Review of applications of density functional theory (DFT) quantum mechanical calculations to study the high-pressure polymorphs of organic crystalline materials

E Napiórkowska, K Milcarz, Ł Szeleszczuk - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since its inception, chemistry has been predominated by the use of temperature to generate
or change materials, but applications of pressure of more than a few tens of atmospheres for …

Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Quantum ESPRESSO

P Giannozzi, O Andreussi, T Brumme… - Journal of physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Q uantum ESPRESSO is an integrated suite of open-source computer codes for quantum
simulations of materials using state-of-the-art electronic-structure techniques, based on …

Nonlocal van der Waals density functional made simple and efficient

R Sabatini, T Gorni, S De Gironcoli - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2013 - APS
We present a simple revision of the VV10 nonlocal density functional by Vydrov and Van
Voorhis [J. Chem. Phys. 133, 244103 (2010) JCPSA6 0021-9606 10.1063/1.3521275] for …

Termination Dependence of Tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3 Surfaces for Perovskite Solar Cells

J Haruyama, K Sodeyama, L Han… - The journal of physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We investigated the termination dependence of structural stability and electronic states of
the representative (110),(001),(100), and (101) surfaces of tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3 …

Nonlocal van der Waals functionals for solids: Choosing an appropriate one

F Tran, L Kalantari, B Traoré, X Rocquefelte… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
The nonlocal van der Waals (NL-vdW) functionals [M. Dion, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 246401
(2004) PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett. 92.246401] are being applied more and …

Ethene oligomerization in Ni-containing zeolites: theoretical discrimination of reaction mechanisms

RY Brogaard, U Olsbye - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Ni-containing porous aluminosilicates are promising heterogeneous catalysts for
oligomerization of ethene, but little is known about the catalytic cycle. In addition, it remains …

van der Waals density functionals built upon the electron-gas tradition: Facing the challenge of competing interactions

K Berland, CA Arter, VR Cooper, K Lee… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The theoretical description of sparse matter attracts much interest, in particular for those
ground-state properties that can be described by density functional theory. One proposed …

Selective synthesis of a salt and a cocrystal of the ethionamide–salicylic acid system

D Bernasconi, S Bordignon, F Rossi… - Crystal Growth & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Herein is presented a rare example of salt/cocrystal polymorphism involving the adduct
between ethionamide (ETH) and salicylic acid (SAL). Both the salt and cocrystal forms have …

Thickness and electric-field-dependent polarizability and dielectric constant in phosphorene

P Kumar, BS Bhadoria, S Kumar, S Bhowmick… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Based on extensive first-principles calculations, we explore the thickness-dependent
effective dielectric constant and slab polarizability of few-layer black phosphorene. We find …