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20192021
most citedStretched or noded orbital densities and self-interaction correction in density functional theory

69 citations · 154 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Progress towards understanding ultranonlocality through the wavevector and frequency dependence of approximate exchange-correlation kernels

Niraj K. Nepal, Aaron D. Kaplan, J. M. Pitarke +1

In the framework of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), the exact exchange-correlation (xc) kernel determines the ground-state energy, excited-state e…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Opening band gaps of low-dimensional materials at the meta-GGA level of density functional approximations

Bimal Neupane, Hong Tang, Niraj K. Nepal +2

The recent TASK meta-GGA density functional [Phys. Rev. Research, 1, 033082 (2019)] is constructed with an enhanced nonlocality in the generalized Kohn-Sham scheme, and therefore h…

physics.chem-ph2020

The Fermi-Löwdin self-interaction correction for ionization energies of organic molecules

Santosh Adhikari, Biswajit Santra, Shiqi Ruan +4

(Semi)-local density functional approximations (DFAs) suffer from self-interaction error (SIE). When the first ionization energy (IE) is computed as the negative of the highest-occ…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Formation energy puzzle in intermetallic alloys: Random phase approximation fails to predict accurate formation energies

Niraj K. Nepal, Santosh Adhikari, Bimal Neupane +1

We performed density functional calculations to estimate the formation energies of intermetallic alloys. We used two semilocal approximations, the generalized gradient approximatio…

physics.chem-ph202032 cited

Constraint-based Wavevector- and Frequency-dependent Exchange-Correlation Kernel of the Uniform Electron Gas

Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Niraj K. Nepal, J. M. Pitarke +1

According to time-dependent density functional theory, the exact exchange-correlation kernel f(n, q, ) determines not only the ground-state energy but also the excited-st…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

Understanding plasmon dispersion in nearly-free-electron metals: the relevance of exact constraints for novel exchange-correlation kernels within time-dependent density functional theory

Niraj K. Nepal, Santosh Adhikari, Bimal Neupane +3

Small-wavevector excitations in Coulomb-interacting systems can be decomposed into the high-energy collective longitudinal plasmon and the low-energy single-electron excitations. A…