Phys.org

Density functional theory's self-interaction correction falters in transition metals, study finds

Density functional theory (DFT) is a cornerstone tool of modern physics, chemistry, and engineering used to explore the behavior of electrons. While essential in modeling systems with many electrons, ...
Kaleido Scope

On Improving Density Functional Theory Predictions for Rare-Earth Materials

INTRODUCTION: Density functional theory (DFT) is a widely used method for calculating the electronic properties of materials. The method is based on the idea of approximating the many-electron wave ...
Nature

Density Functional Theory and Chemical Reactivity

Density Functional Theory (DFT) has emerged as a cornerstone in modern computational chemistry, offering a robust framework to predict and elucidate molecular structures and reaction mechanisms. By ...
EurekAlert!

Improving density functional theory one flaw at time

Density functional theory (DFT) is a cornerstone tool of modern physics, chemistry, and engineering used to explore the behavior of electrons. While essential in modeling systems with many electrons, ...
Nature

Density Functional Theory and Its Applications in Fluid Systems

Density functional theory (DFT) has emerged as a robust computational framework for analysing fluid systems at the molecular level, offering detailed insights into phase behaviour, interfacial ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Density functional theory

My group started working on hybrid DFT three years ago when we began our collaboration with the Park group, with whom we were trying to understand the properties of conducting metal-organic frameworks ...
EurekAlert!

Figure 4: Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations of CO₂ hydrogenation on the surfaces of pure iron sulfide and manganese-doped iron sulfide. (IMAGE)

Figure 3: Simulated reaction of metal-doped iron sulfides catalyzing the H₂-driven reduction of CO₂ under various terrestrial hot spring conditions. Figure 4: Density Functional Theory (DFT) ...
AZOM

Density Functional Theory Applied to Optoelectronical Properties of Graphene

Due to its high electron mobilities at ambient temperature and peculiar electronic behaviors like the quantum hall effect, which imitates massless transportation and results in high superconductivity, ...
C&EN

Machine learning solves a long-standing DFT problem

Knowing where the electrons are within a molecule can go a long way to explaining its structure, its properties, and its reactivity. Chemists use density functional theory (DFT) methods, ...
Hydrogen Fuel News

Hydrogen production with semiconductor TiO2 electrodes

This month, researchers at University of Jyväskylä in Finland pulled off a breakthrough in hydrogen production. Led by ...
PBS

How To Simulate The Universe With DFT

If you used every particle in the observable universe to do a full quantum simulation, how big would that simulation be? At best a large molecule. That’s how insanely information dense the quantum ...