Phonons and related crystal properties from density-functional perturbation theory

S Baroni, S De Gironcoli, A Dal Corso… - Reviews of modern Physics, 2001 - APS
This article reviews the current status of lattice-dynamical calculations in crystals, using
density-functional perturbation theory, with emphasis on the plane-wave pseudopotential …

[PDF][PDF] Ab initio molecular dynamics: Theory and implementation

D Marx, J Hutter - Modern methods and algorithms of quantum …, 2000 - juser.fz-juelich.de
Up to this point, the electronic structure method to calculate the ab initio forces rIh jHej i was
not speci ed in detail. It is immediately clear that ab initio molecular dynamics is not tied to …

Surface modification engineering enabling 4.6 V single‐crystalline Ni‐rich cathode with superior long‐term cyclability

XM Fan, YD Huang, HX Wei, LB Tang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aiming for increased nickel and lower cobalt content in layered transition metal oxide
cathodes (NCM) is a feasible strategy for achieving increased energy density and cost …

Self-consistent Hubbard parameters from density-functional perturbation theory in the ultrasoft and projector-augmented wave formulations

I Timrov, N Marzari, M Cococcioni - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The self-consistent evaluation of Hubbard parameters using linear-response theory is
crucial for quantitatively predictive calculations based on Hubbard-corrected density …

Thermal conductivity of glasses: First-principles theory and applications

M Simoncelli, F Mauri, N Marzari - npj Computational Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Predicting the thermal conductivity of glasses from first principles has hitherto been a very
complex problem. The established Allen-Feldman and Green-Kubo approaches employ …

[HTML][HTML] Ab initio molecular simulations with numeric atom-centered orbitals

V Blum, R Gehrke, F Hanke, P Havu, V Havu… - Computer Physics …, 2009 - Elsevier
We describe a complete set of algorithms for ab initio molecular simulations based on
numerically tabulated atom-centered orbitals (NAOs) to capture a wide range of molecular …

Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set

G Kresse, J Furthmüller - Physical review B, 1996 - APS
We present an efficient scheme for calculating the Kohn-Sham ground state of metallic
systems using pseudopotentials and a plane-wave basis set. In the first part the application …

Efficiency of ab-initio total energy calculations for metals and semiconductors using a plane-wave basis set

G Kresse, J Furthmüller - Computational materials science, 1996 - Elsevier
We present a detailed description and comparison of algorithms for performing ab-initio
quantum-mechanical calculations using pseudopotentials and a plane-wave basis set. We …

High-precision sampling for Brillouin-zone integration in metals

M Methfessel, AT Paxton - physical review B, 1989 - APS
We present a sampling method for Brillouin-zone integration in metals which converges
exponentially with the number of sampling points, without the loss of precision of normal …

Improved tetrahedron method for Brillouin-zone integrations

PE Blöchl, O Jepsen, OK Andersen - Physical Review B, 1994 - APS
Several improvements of the tetrahedron method for Brillouin-zone integrations are
presented.(1) A translational grid of k points and tetrahedra is suggested that renders the …