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20152026
most citedAb initio theory and modeling of water

502 citations · 759 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

High-performance linear-scaling electronic structure method via chromatic superposition states

Zhikang Jiang, Zhizhi Xiao, Mingfa Tang +4

We introduce a high-performance linear-scaling electronic structure method that employs chromatic superposition states (CSS) as a low-dimensional, high-fidelity representation, whi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 48 cited

Phonons in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

Xiaoqian Liu, Ran Peng, Zhaoru Sun +1

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) has attracted significant interest recently due to the discoveries of diverse correlated and topological states in this system. Despite t…

physics.chem-ph2020★ 18 cited

Importance of Nuclear Quantum Effects on the Hydration of Chloride Ion

Jianhang Xu, Zhaoru Sun, Chunyi Zhang +4

Path-integral ab initio molecular dynamics (PI-AIMD) calculations have been employed to probe the nature of chloride ion solvation in aqueous solution. Nuclear quantum effects (NQE…

physics.chem-ph2018★ 73 cited

Electron-hole theory of the effect of quantum nuclei on the x-ray absorption spectra of liquid water

Zhaoru Sun, Lixin Zheng, Mohan Chen +3

Electron-hole excitation theory is used to unveil the role of nuclear quantum effects on the X-ray absorption spectral signatures of water, whose structure is computed via path-int…

cond-mat.soft2018★ 91 cited

Structural, Electronic, and Dynamical Properties of Liquid Water by ab initio Molecular Dynamics based on SCAN Functional within the Canonical Ensemble

Lixin Zheng, Mohan Chen, Zhaoru Sun +4

We perform ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulation of liquid water in the canonical ensemble at ambient conditions using the SCAN meta-GGA functional approximation, and carr…

cond-mat.soft2017★ 502 cited

Ab initio theory and modeling of water

Mohan Chen, Hsin-Yu Ko, Richard C. Remsing +8

Water is of the utmost importance for life and technology. However, a genuinely predictive ab initio model of water has eluded scientists. We demonstrate that a fully ab initio app…

cond-mat.soft2017★ 13 cited

X-ray absorption of liquid water by advanced ab initio methods

Zhaoru Sun, Mohan Chen, Lixin Zheng +7

Oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectra of liquid water are computed based on the configurations from advanced ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, as well as an electron excit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 14 cited

SCAN: An Efficient Density Functional Yielding Accurate Structures and Energies of Diversely-Bonded Materials

Jianwei Sun, Richard C. Remsing, Yubo Zhang +9

Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) is a widely-used electronic structure theory for materials as well as molecules. DFT is needed especially for large systems, ab initio mol…