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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

"Adiabatic" Elastic Constants in Hubbard-Corrected Density-Functional Theory DFT+U: case UO

Mahmoud Payami, Samira Sheykhi

Since in DFT+U there are multiple self-consistent electronic solutions, the so called metastable states, the elastic constants computed from stress-vs-strain will be incorrect if s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Calculation of Elastic Constants of UO using the Hubbard-Corrected Density-Functional Theory DFT+U

Mahmoud Payami, Samira Sheykhi, Mohammad-Reza Basaadat

Uranium dioxide which is used as a fuel in light water nuclear reactors, is continually exposed to radiation damage originated from the collision of high-energy particles. Accumula…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Self-consistent on-site and inter-site Hubbard parameters within DFT+U+V for UO using density-functional perturbation theory

Mahmoud Payami, Samira Sheykhi, Mohammad-Reza Basaadat

To apply the Hubbard-corrected density-functional theory for predicting some known materials' properties, the Hubbard parameters are usually so tuned that the calculations give res…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Relativistic effects in the study of structure and electronic properties of UO within DFT+U method

Mahmoud Payami, Samira Sheykhi

To study crystals that contain heavy atoms, it is important to consider the relativistic effects, as electrons in orbitals close to the atom's nucleus can reach speeds comparable t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

Electronic Structure Properties of UO2 as a Mott Insulator

Samira Sheykhi, Mahmoud Payami

In this work using the density functional theory (DFT), we have studied the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of uranium dioxide with antiferromagnetic 1k-, 2k-, and 3…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

First-principles study of UO lattice thermal-conductivity: A simple description

Samira Sheykhi, Mahmoud Payami

Modeling the high- paramagnetic state of bulk UO by a non-spin-polarized calculation and neglecting the Hubbard-U correction for the electrons in U atoms, the lattice th…