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most citedr2SCAN-D4: Dispersion corrected meta-generalized gradient approximation for general chemical applications

172 citations · 695 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

cond-mat.str-el2023

Revealing quasi-excitations in the low-density homogeneous electron gas with model exchange-correlation kernels

Aaron D. Kaplan, Adrienn Ruzsinszky

Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) within the linear response regime provides a solid mathematical framework to capture excitations. The accuracy of the theory, howev…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 4 cited

QMC-consistent static spin and density local field factors for the uniform electron gas

Aaron D. Kaplan, Carl A. Kukkonen

Analytic mathematical models for the static spin () and density () local field factors for the uniform electron gas (UEG) as functions of wavevector and density are prese…

physics.chem-ph2023

Unconventional Error Cancellation Explains the Success of Hartree-Fock Density Functional Theory for Barrier Heights

Bikash Kanungo, Aaron D. Kaplan, Chandra Shahi +2

Energy barriers, which control the rates of chemical reactions, are seriously underestimated by computationally-efficient semi-local approximations for the exchange-correlation ene…

physics.chem-ph2022

Symmetry Breaking with the SCAN Density Functional Describes Strong Correlation in the Singlet Carbon Dimer

John P. Perdew, Shah Tanvir ur Rahman Chowdhury, Chandra Shahi +3

The SCAN (strongly constrained and appropriately normed) meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA), which satisfies all 17 exact constraints that a meta-GGA can satisfy, a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 4 cited

Testing the rSCAN density functional for the thermodynamic stability of solids with and without a van der Waals correction

Manish Kothakonda, Aaron D. Kaplan, Eric B. Isaacs +6

A central aim of materials discovery is an accurate and numerically reliable description of thermodynamic properties, such as the enthalpies of formation and decomposition. The r$^…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 81 cited

Predictive Power of the Exact Constraints and Appropriate Norms in Density Functional Theory

Aaron D. Kaplan, Mel Levy, John P. Perdew

Ground-state Kohn-Sham density functional theory provides, in principle, the exact ground-state energy and electronic spin-densities of real interacting electrons in a static exter…