This article reviews the theory of electron-phonon interactions in solids from the point of view
of ab initio calculations. While the electron-phonon interaction has been studied for almost a …

In the search for new functional materials, quantum mechanics is an exciting starting point.
The fundamental laws that govern the behaviour of electrons have the possibility, at the …

Abstract The EPW (Electron-Phonon coupling using Wannier functions) software is a
Fortran90 code that uses density-functional perturbation theory and maximally localized …

This book is an introduction to the quantum theory of materials and first-principles
computational materials modelling. It explains how to use density functional theory as a …

Modern ab initio theories of superconductivity allow characterizing and predicting phonon-
mediated superconductors. In this Technical Review, we analyse Eliashberg theory, density …

We combine the fully anisotropic Migdal-Eliashberg theory with electron-phonon
interpolation based on maximally localized Wannier functions, in order to perform reliable …

In this Letter, we calculate the electron-phonon coupling of the newly discovered
superconductor LaFeAsO 1-x F x using linear response. For pure LaFeAsO, the calculated …

We have performed accurate ab initio total energy calculations using the full-potential
linearized augmented plane-wave (FP-LAPW) method with the generalized gradient …

This review focuses on the superconducting properties of MgB 2 that are relevant for power
applications. The reversible mixed state parameters are the most important, since they …

For the past five decades, bulk niobium (Nb) has been the material of choice for
superconducting RF (SRF) cavity applications. Alternatives such as Nb thin films and other …