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Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

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Empowered by ever-increasing computational power and algorithmic developments, electronic-structure simulations continue to drive research and innovation in materials science. In this context, ab-initio calculations offer an unbiased platform for the under ...

EPFL2023

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We present first-principles calculations of the dynamic susceptibility in strained and doped ferromagnetic MnBi using time-dependent density functional theory. In spite of being a metal, MnBi exhibits signatures of strong correlation and a proper descripti ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2022

Vertex function compliant with the Ward identity for quasiparticle self-consistent calculations beyond GW

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Nonempirical hybrid functionals for advanced electronic-structure calculations

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Electronic-structure calculations based on hybrid functionals have emerged as a standard technique used in physics, chemistry, and material science. Despite this success, hybrid functionals have the drawback of containing undetermined parameters. To overc ...

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Evidence of a coupled electron-phonon liquid in NbGe2

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Nature Portfolio2021

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC2020

Multihole water oxidation catalysis on haematite photoanodes revealed by operando spectroelectrochemistry and DFT

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2020

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The possibility to manipulate spin textures is of central importance for their utilisation in functional materials. Here it will be shown how the resulting changes in the spin texture of the electronic structure can directly be imaged by spin- and angle-re ...

SPIE2020

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The field of quantum chemistry has recently undergone a series of paradigm shifts, including a boom in machine learning applications that target the electronic structure problem. Along with these technological innovations, the community continues to identi ...

EPFL2020

Adjustable potential probes for band-gap predictions of extended systems through nonempirical hybrid functionals

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We describe a nonempirical procedure for achieving accurate band gaps of extended systems through the insertion of suitably defined potential probes. By enforcing Koopmans' condition on the resulting localized electronic states, we determine the optimal fr ...

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Breakdown of the Wiedemann-Franz law in a unitary Fermi gas

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We report on coupled heat and particle transport measurements through a quantum point contact (QPC) connecting two reservoirs of resonantly interacting, finite temperature Fermi gases. After heating one of them, we observe a particle current flowing from c ...

National Academy of Sciences2018

In-Plane-Gate GaN Transistors for High-Power RF Applications

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

Performance of van der Waals Corrected Functionals for Guest Adsorption in the M-2(dobdc) Metal-Organic Frameworks

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Small-molecule binding in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be accurately studied both experimentally and computationally, provided the proper tools are employed. Herein, we compare and contrast properties associated with guest binding by means of densit ...

American Chemical Society2017

Revealing the role of electrons and phonons in the ultrafast recovery of charge density wave correlations in 1T-TiSe2

Helmuth Berger, Arnaud Magrez, Matthias Wolf

Using time-and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with selective near-and midinfrared photon excitations, we investigate the femtosecond dynamics of the charge density wave ( CDW) phase in 1T-TiSe2 as well as the dynamics of CDW fluctuations at 240 ...

Amer Physical Soc2016

Padé approximation of the adiabatic electron contribution to the gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality equation in the ORB5 code

Laurent Villard, Stephan Brunner, Emmanuel Lanti, Ben McMillan, Julien Stanislas Pierre Dominski

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Quantum chemical studies of reactive species in water

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In this thesis, quantum chemical methods have been applied to elucidate the thermodynamics and the kinetics of reactions involving reactive species in water. Due to their high reactivity in water, many transient species are difficult to study by experiment ...

EPFL2016

Evolution of the charge density wave superstructure in ZrTe3 under pressure

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The material ZrTe3 is a well-known example of an incommensurate periodic lattice distortion (PLD) at low temperatures due to a charge density wave (CDW). Previous studies have found a sharp boundary as a function of pressure between CDW below 5 GPa and bul ...

Amer Physical Soc2016

Ultrafast Band Structure Control of a Two-Dimensional Heterostructure

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Amer Chemical Soc2016

Energetics and thermodynamics of α-iron from first-principles and machine-learning potentials

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Iron is a material of fundamental importance in the industrial and economic processes of our society as it is the major constituent of steels. With advances in computational science, much progress has been made in the understanding of the microscopic mecha ...

EPFL2016